New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-02-23
MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1857
Ns{p 0rleans 4ailg Grestent.
Particulars of Foreign News.

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| ligence:
The ship Confederation, which was ashore in the
Mersey, had broken up and that the master mate,
steward and boy were lost. 1t will be remembered
that previous advices from England stated that
the ship was ashore and lay in dangerous position
that the captain had sent his wife ashore that most
of the had left the vessel but that Capt Corning
and his mate refused to abandon her. The vessel
went to pieces the same night, and those on board
| perished.
Queen Victoria has intimated her intention not to
open the Parliament in person The speech from the
throne will therefore be delivered by the lords COM
mssiOners The Observer says:
The address in answer to the speech from the
throne will be moved in the Lords by the Earl Of
Cork, and we believe will be seconded by Earl Cow
per- Both of these young noblemen have but lately
succeeded, at an early age, to their family honors
| The address of the Commons will he moved by Sir
John Ramsden, member for the borough of Taunton,
and seconded by Sir Andrew Agnew, member for
The Morning Herald still insists that reconstruc
tion of the Cabinet is in contemplation but admits
blunder in its former Statement, and hitch some
where in the arrangements. The idea OF " coai
ton Ministry any important change in the Cabi-
net is ridiculed by the Times and other papers.
Sil Robert Peel has stirred up hornets nest by
his singular speech at Birmingham, describing his
visit to Moscow. A numerous deputation of English
residents at Brussels waited upon the Prince De Lgne
at his hotel to declare their reprobation OF the per-
sonal vulgares uttered by Sir Robert Peel against
that noblcman, and their :" deep regret that the
his special ambassador at the coronation of the Queen
of England in 1898, and lately deputed in the same
capacity to theE mperor of Russia, should have met
with an insult from an Englishman, utterly unpro-
voked, and couched in terms unknown to the Ian
guage and to the sentiments of honorable men,
The Prince received the deputaton very cordially,
thanked them with much warmth for the compli-
ment paid him. and thus disposes of Sir Robert Peel
Believe me that am deeply sensibly of the gene.
kindness that has prompted you thus to repel the
vulgar aggression unwarrantably made upon me by
fc ho Inl FIAT
l do not suffer the displeasure I may experience at
this owbred ndignity to affect for one instant the
high respect and sincere regard long and cordially
entertained by me for England and the English The
verbiage adopted by Sir Robert Peel to reve
me, belongs only to a sot Gvrogne) and blackguard
(gan1in) and as such, regard it with proper con.
tempt but without seeking that personage, should
chance ever place me in an unpaatabe contact with
him. shall not hesitate to say that this conduct to-
I wards me has been that OF an underbred good for
nothing. (niul elere ct rau,'ien.)
The model farming experiment in Ireland estab-
lshed by the Government has not proved successful
report of the society just published, shows that the
Glasnevin (modeD farm, consisting of about $50
acres, cultivated at expense OF f5 ,l5O, and
that the proceeds of sales of crops only FL 445
loss 43 ,7o5 On nineteen model farms the total out
lay was sl2 ,34s while the total proceeds were only
f3,724 loss, fs624.
to all political prisoners throughout the Lombardo-
Venetian Territory, mentioned in previous advices
and suspended all political prosecutions Milan had
been Illuminated by the people, and the Emperor re
ceived in public places with the utmost enthusiasm
1t is also announced that King Ferdinand of Naples
will promugate an amnesty on the occasion of the
approaching accouchemeht of the Queen.
The Pope had given 55 900 francs from his privy
purse for the employment Of the poor on the higt
roads.
: The Paris Constitutional announces that General
Count de Paar who commands the Austrian troops il
Moldavia, has made known to the troops under hi
command, by an order of the day, dated Jassy tht
measures adopted by his Government for the evacua
tion of the Principates.
The necessary preparations were commenced OF
the 18th January for transporting the hospitals ant
military stores into the Buckovina
The evacuation of Greece by the French troops i:
said to have been decided upon-to take place in the
Spring.
The reception of the Persian Ambassador to France
took place at the Tuleries the 24th of January,
and appears to be the principal Partisan event chroH
cled in the present advices The Paris correspondent
of the London Times describes Feruk Kahn as about
forty years of age of graceful figure with eyes black
and piercing and with rich and black beard, which
is the envy of all the youthful diplomatic attaches
He is said to have brought with him to Paris whole
cargo of cashmere shawls,' besides numerous other
valuable presents and is therefore likely to be much
courted. Two cousins of the Sovereign OF Persia ac
company him, and one or two literary gentlemen
A letter from Neutchatel, dated January 20, gives
some hitherto unpublished details respecting the hbe
ration OF the Neufchatel prisoners
On the 18th the decision of the Federal Chambers
announced to them and the articles of the Penal
Code were read to them, which punish persons re.
turning to the country after expulsion and they
promised that they would not return until after the
conclusion of an arrangement between the King of
| Prussia and the Swiss Confederation. At midnight
of the l7th three carriages previously prepared by
the postmaster, were in waiting to receive them not
far from the prison.
They were conveyed with great speed to Varrieres,
and thence to Pontarer where they arrived without
accident at five in the morning of the 18th, with pass
ports supplied by the authorities. The other prison.
ers, to the number of forytwo, who had been liberia
cd hail ha,rnb ,opa
for their departure. Every precaution had been
adopted to disappoint public curiosity, and great
crowds were assembled at the port of Neufchate on
the morning of the 18th, expecting to see the prison
ers leave by the lake.
The statement that the Shah of Persia had uncon-
ditonay submitted to the demands of England, had
not been satisfactorily confirmed.
Lord stradford de Redclife telegraphs that Persia
submits on general grounds and not because OF the
capture of Bushire.
The details of the capture of the latter place were
received via Bombay. The British ships arrived of
Bushire on the 25th of November, and after some
correspondence, sent ashore copy of the declaration
of war The next day December ~ they took pos
session of the Isle OF kanack unopposed On the Sth
the British troops landed near Bushire, and the next
morning two brgades advanced along the coast
towards the town. The ships meanwhile, were shell
ling the fort the garrison OF which soon dis
lodged eight hundred of whom took up new posi-
tion to oppose the British advance.
drove the enemy back upon the fort, from whence
they attempted escape; but their retreat was pre-
vented by the British rifles on the seaward and the
cavalry on the antlward side. The enemy were not
Persans, but Arabs. They lost three chiefs and a
large number of men. The British loss was 35.
Bushre then summoned to surrender, but re-
turned a refusal After bombardment of four hours
they yielded. The governor commander OF the
fleet and an officer reported to be the Minister OF
War; were made prisoners. Bushre was then pro-
claimed British territery and free port.
At the latest accounts the city was quiet, but ugly
f rumors were aloat of abominable conduct on the
part of the English after the surrender
. The details OF the news from China confirm the
telegaphic report. The factories were burnt by the
Chinese the flames bursting out simultaneously IN all
. directions, and all attempts of the seamen and
marines to stop the fire fruitless. 1t ragged all
night and up to the time that the steamer left Dant
& Co.'s premises were the first to CO. These were
followed by the whole of Paushang hong and the In
J per:al and, indeed, all the hongs ultimately
destroyed. The only houses left untouched when the
steamer left those of the British Consul Angus
, tine Heard II. Jardne, Matheson q Company Sur
ner Il Company, and one or two in the new English
hong Russel Il Company in the Swedish hong, and
, Wetmore X Company in the Imperial hong but it
doubtful whether these would escape the contta
grafton. The Agra, Oriental and Mercantile banks
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