Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-27
LATEST NEWS.
diticnai Foreign News-Thc Africa. Mails

The mails by the steamer Africa, at New York,
are received. The steamer left Liverpool at 8
o'clock saturday morning the 9TH inst.
The chief incident by this arrival is the an
nouncement by Lord Palmerston of the course
which his government intends to pursue in CON
sequence of their recent defeat the Chinese
question As the state { tho pubic business
would not permit an immediate dissolution ot Par
lament ne proposed to dissolve the house in
May. and until then GO on with such measures
only "a call for immediate action: namely, the n
naneiai estimates, and temporary mutiny act,
leaving the general question OF taxation Ia be
dealt with by the new Parliament. With respect
to the policy which he would pursue towards Chi
ma, until the decision of the country should be
taken. his administration would continue 10 de
fend their rights, and improve their relations with
China in firm but peaceful and in com unc-
ton with France and he hoped with America, TO
secure an extension of commercial advantages.
In the House of Lords "A similar announce
was made by Earl Granville.
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House of Commons on the night of the
9th, the Chancellor of the Exchrquer brought
forward his financial measures. namely, rednc-
ton of the Income tax (for the yeer April, 1887
to 1859 from l. Al to I'd aud Sd per pound; also,
instead of Is I'd per pound duty on ten he would
propose Is sd, and precisely the same scale of
duty on sugar. These changes were carried 10y
Il majority of 62. These changes take effect
from 9th April 1857, to 9th April, 1858.
Lord Pamerston has been invited to become
member Tor the City Of London; Liverpool has
sent him an address
The Liverpool Mail, speaking of the dssou-
ton of the ministry, says:
The real want of the country Is II ministry
which will k"opus cut of wars and foreign EN-
hroilments--a ministry which will promote in
England social authorizations and the develop.
ment of our industrial resources, while opholding
pacific yet dgnhed policy abroad. Such II
ministry, we cannot doubt, will soon be formed
from the Tory ranks ministry If which Lord
Derby will be the head-and which the country
will insist shall have what the last Derby Gov
erumeni never had n TAR trial.
FRANCE.
PARIS, March 4.-The tcaty between England
and Persia received yesterday the preliminary
signature of the two negotiators. and to judge
from the Joy which the Pen slams openly show, its
provisions must be considered by them extremely
favorable t. Persia.
In Italy and France the astronomers are be
ginning seriously to speculate on the chances of
n collision between the earth and unexpected
comet. Professor Magrnr. of Milan, closes
dissertation ON tho matter with remark that ''it
would not be wise to entertain any apprehension
of what at best is but II mere possibility
TURKEY.
The position of the Christians in the Turkish
provinces is very dangerous one, and the effects
Of The Haiti llumayoun beyond the immediate
nelgliborhood ot Constantinuple are entirely illn-
sorry. In the district of Drewen-ke. in Bosnia,
the avarice and cruelty of the Turkish admins
traitor, Reschid Bey, have led the population TO
determine on migration, should their grievances
not be redressed. In the district of Maglais. the
Turkish julg" lately killed the chief of the Chris
tan community with his own hand IN the dis
trot of Dradatsch, the Judge. Tohc Efiendt, also
killed Christian
Orders were received at Plymouth on Friday
morning. that Colonel Lemon, 90 servants. 80
corpora Is, and 1000 men of the Royal Marines
were to hold themselves in readiness to embark
for China.
PLYMOUTH, Thursday Orders have been
ccived here {, day to prepare with the utmost
dispatch the Sansparel, Himalays, aud other
vessels for the conveyance of reintorcoments,
ammunition, &C. to the China station,
"IIoNG Kong, Jan l5-The English Admiral
Sir NJ. Seymour, thought it advisable, on the
18th insant,to abandon the position he had taken
up in the garden of the old factories. Aft, blow
ing up the Dutch Folly Fort, which had hitherto
been the centre of his operations against the
town, he resolved to occupy only at Canton the
fort known to strangers the Birds nest Fort.
Before leaving the rntrenchments he had dug.
the admiral set fire to the outskirts, which extcu
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river The Chinese seem determined to stop ev-
cry inlet by sinking junks at the different bars Of
the Canton tiser.
''oh tue evening before IA" oo'seifis oil canton
were set hr' to- an operation which cost the
English three Killed and some w"unded-a nu-
mCrpu~ snua1rou Of war hunks attac ed the l.