Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-10-29
FOUR DAYS
FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamer Baltic.

New York, Monday, Oct. 26.
The steamer Baltic, with, dates from
Liverpool to. the 14th inst, four days
later, arrived here yesterday. .-,i@t2'h
The American ship Lexington has
been totally lost near Vernetia.
Later dates from India have been re-
ceived at London, by telegraph, from
the overland mail. The Calcutta dates
aae to the 10th, and from Bombay to
the 18th of September.
The siege train was expected to reach
Delhi on the Sd of September, when
the assault would be commenced.
! General Havelock remained at Gavin
pore, but would be reinforced in a few
days by General Outram, who had
reached Allahabad, with a strong force.
The garrison at Cawnpore was gal
lantly holding out, and would be %reliev-
ed by the middle of September
Lord Elgin had left Calcutta for
EChina,. ''''
The China mail failed to connect with
the overland mail at Ceylon! i,'
Thirty -four horses ran fer the Czaro-
witch Cup, and the first trial resulted
i'm. a dead heat between 'Prioress,''
"Elakhim" and t'Quecn Bcss." On the
deciding heat, "Prioress," the Amcri-
can horse, won by a length and a half,
amid great cheering.
The value of the stakes exceed e.
900.
The American horse "Lccompte" is
dead.
An excessive money pressure prevails
in London, and a further advance in
the rate of discount by the Bank of
England is anticipated. Consols have
l~uctuated greatly they declined to
968, but subsequently rallied, The
Bank of Dublin has advanced it's rate
of discount to Z per cent, and the Bank
of France tor 81 per cent, The money
pressure in Vienna is also severe.
The firm of Messrs. Ross. Mitchell &
Co., a Canadian firm in London. had
failed. Their liabilities were $3.50, 900,
but their assets were large. j. Mon
tieth & Co., and other Glasgow firms,
had also suspended, with liabili..cs to
large amounts. .fl-+= -.
FRANCE. "
The military camp at Chalons had
been raised.
a meeting between the Empcrors o.
France and Austria is still talked about
-.t< SPAIN. -H1I.-..
The Ministerial crisis at Madrid con.
timed. ia r..
Bravo iMarrclo had refused to form
one of the minority of the Cabinet, and
anticipations of further disturbances
were entertained. s-- @It1l
PRUSSIA.
The King of Prussia was slightly
better, but his condition is still very
critical.
The dispatches from India state that
General Nicholson had defeated the reb-
els at Majafghar with the loss of..their
guns '..'' 49, n -aa s
General Havelock had also defeated
the rebels near Bithov>. On the 18th
of August, the garrison at Lucknow
made a gallant and victorious ~sortie,
capturing the guns of the mutineers
and also a supply of provisions.
The Singapore mutineers had@becn
again defeated by Maior-Eyre
The rebels were threatening Afaha-
bad and Bcnaros.. 49, III a
Large bodies of troops. were march
ing from Calcutta toward Alahabad.
Troops were also. arriving at Calcutta
from England, their transport having
been effected with great rapiditya.
a dispatch to the. London Post says
that the British forces had attacked
Lucknow Castle, spiked the guns, and
inflicted a heavy loss upon the enemy.
The Baltic brings G72,O0 sterling,
and ono hundred and sixty passengers.
The steamship Red Jacket, from Aus
tralia, had arrived at Southampton; with
seventy thousand ounces of gold.
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