Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-08-12
THREE DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship Canada MT
Balifax.
IBxcLusrRLY TO The WORCESTER DAILY sPT.l

The steamship Canada, from Liverpool p.
m. of Saturday, August l, arrived at Halifax
at hait, past three o'clock p. M. August II.
Among the passengers are Hon. Henry ].
Raym ond, and the Bishop of Kentucky.
GREAT BRITAIN.-In the House OF Com
mons on Wednesday night, July 49, the gov
eminent was in minority OF sixty upon
division for the sc cond reading of the super
| snnuation bill. A motiol for reconsideration
having been carried on thefollowing evening,
Palmerston said government would offer no
further opposition 10 the bill.
The new divorce bill was debated. siren
uous opposition was shown to 1t, but 1t was
| ordered to a second reading.
In the House of Lords, Lord Peterborough
attacked, and Lord Granville defended the
| present Governor General of India, stating
| that Lord Canning was proving himself quite
! equal to tie emergency.
On Friday, July 81, in the House of Com
mons, Palmerston said that communications
had been made to the Venezuelan commits
sioners, upon the subject the British schoon
er Maria, at Caracas, and the British charge
d'atfaires there had been instructed to take
such steps in the matter as he might deem
proper.
The Atlantic Teleqraph.-The royal assent
had been given to the bill incorporating the.
Atlantic Telegraph Company All the yes
sells comprising the expedition for laying the
Atlantic Telegraph cable had arrived at Cork.
1t was intended that they should leave that
port for Valencia, July 81 or August l, and,
the weather permitting, that the shore rope
should be landed and the vessels commence
sinking the cable on the Sd or 4th Of August.
1t is intended strictly to give no priority of
information, or to afford no facilities for job
bling on speculation during the laying of the
cable.
A house has been constructed at the termi-
nus, into which was to be introduced the end
of the cable, and during the process of laying
no person will have admission there, except
ing the Secretary of the Company and his as
sistants, and they will avoid all communica
ton with persons outside
Progress will be reported daily to all parts
of Europe.
The paying out experiments from the Aga
memnon, between Dover and Queenstown,
were perfectly successful.
Latest.-Mr. Field telegraphs as follows
from Queenstown, July 81
''The submarine cable on board the Nigga
ra and Agamemnon, over $500 miles long,
was Joined together Thursday evening, July
80, and messages were sent the entire length
in less than second. Everything works
beautifully, and we are all in high spirits.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is expected
TO witness the commencement of the proceed
ings."
The Twf-rhe American horses Prior and
| Prioress made their first appeara ce on the
English turf, III the race Tor the Goodwood
cup, and were beaten. Fourteen horses ran,
and the Americans came in fifth and sixth.
The first tavorite and two other horses fell,
l,off bor 10 l,nI
criterion.
Prince Napoleon visited Victoria at the Isle
of Wight, and the Emperor and Empress of
France were expected there about the 9Th of
| August.
! Rumors were current that the government
| intended to send ten thousand additional
troops to India.
A large and influential deputation from the
cotton supply association OF Manchester, had
an interview with Palmerslon, for the purpose
| of submitting to him certain proposals, by
means Of which largely increased supply
may be obtained from India Result not
stated.
Mr.. Munty, the we'll known refsrmer and
member of Parliament from Birmingham
for twenty years, died on the Both ult. There
is a rumor that John Bright will be nominal.
ed to fill the vacancy. There had been
great political demonstration at Rothdale,
composed principally of new electors. A res
olution was passed, declaring that it is the
right uf every man, who has arrived at the
age of twenty-one years, to a vote in the
| election of Parliament, to have the protection
of the ballot in the exercise of that right, and
| there ought to be distribution of the con-
stituences throu 5hout the united kingdom,
equalized in proportion to population.
IRELAND. Journals from the Southern and
middle districts of Ireland state that the
| greatest anxiety began to prevail with regard
to the safety of The potato crop, although the
| disease, it was generally admitted, had only
| partially manifested itself.
| Rev. DIR. Renahan, President of Maynooth
| College, is dead.
| INDIA Details of Indian news already tel
egraphed reached London July 3Ist. Rumors
were prevalent that Delhi had been taken,
but, according to latest authentic accounts,
dated June 27th, 1t was still in possession of
| the insurgents. 1t was, however very gem
orally believed in London, on Friday, July
| 3lst, on the strength OF communication from
the East India House, after the close of its
! official hours, that Delhi had fallen. An ad-
vance took place in consols on the strength of
| the rumor.
The Bombay Times of July LIST says rebel
| lion is universal in the Bengal army, and even
the 10th Regiment OF Native Infantry, which
was publicly thanked by the Governor Gen
eral in person for its loyalty three weeks be-
fore, had been disaImed
Not symptom OF dsaffection has as vet
appeared in the Madras armies, which mani
tested the most perfect loyalty, and repealed
Indignantly every attempt made to seduce
them from their allegiance by emissarles from
the Bengal troops.
| A list is gwen of fity-six regiments or Dor
while twenty have been disarmed and one
disbanded In fact, the Bengal army has
ceased to exist.
The fall of Delhi will do more to quench
rebellion than anything else
There is anxiety about the Nizams country,
as the LIST Regiment of Cavalry had mutinied
and was rising at Hyderalrad. Great atroci.
ties were committed at Hanzie and Hessar,
but many Europeans escaped. No Europe
ans were killed at Arungabad.~ The mutt.
neers dispersed. The Bhutpoor leyies had
mutiDied, and the officers were obliged to fiy.
but none were jured. aU.Ff'
At Albahad, twenty-six Europeans and
families were killed, including eleven officers.
In Calcutta and neghborhood, there had
been excitement, and conspiracy for a gem
eral rising on The part Of the Mussuimen pop
ulation, had been discovered, and regular
plan for the capture of the city seized. The
ex King Of Dude and his minister were found
to be at the bottom ofthe conspiracy, in con.
junction with pension kngsDelie, and it is
asserted that other Mahometan princes dis
coveries led to the disarming Of all native