Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-03-25
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Arrival Of fhe Africa.

NEW YoRK, March a. Steamship Africa,
from Liverpool A. NJ, 9TH inst, arrived at
her dock at half past ten o'clock.
The Africa brings forty passengers, and
nearly $500, 600 in specie.
| GENERAL NFws.-Ihe chief incident BY
! this arrival is the announcements by Lord
| Palmerston, of the course " Inch his Govern
ment intends to pursue, IN consequence of
| their recent defeat on the Chinese question.
| As the state of the public business would not
1 permit an immediate dissolution OF Parlia-
| ment, he proposed to dissolve the House IN
| May, and until then to 90 on with such mea-
suTes only as call for immediate action. With
| respect to the policy which he would pursue
towards China, until the decision of the
| country should bs taken, his administration
would continue to defend their rights and
improve their relations with China in a firm
but peaceful way, and in conjunction with
France, and he hoped, with America to Sc
cure an extension Of commercial advantages.
In the House of Lords a similar announce
ment was made by Earl Granville.
Lord Palmerston has been invited to be.
come member for the city of London.
The city of Liverpool has sent him an adj
dress.
The signing of the treaty of peace with
Persia is officially announced, and a copy has
been dispatched to Teheran for ratification.
Its chief feature consists in granting right Of
residence to British Consuls in the cities of
Persia.
A dispatch received by means Of the Rus
sian telegraph says that treaty of commerce
has been ratified at Teheran by the Shah, be-
tween Persia and the United States, granting
the same terms. viz that American Consuls
may reside in the chief Persian cities.
Austria seeks Opu0tiata with ppreia
similar treaty.
tits reported that Sir John Bowring has
been recalled
The Intelligence from China comes in
scraps, from private letters, and contains
nothing different from the newspaper reports
already published.
The French papers contain the Emperor of
China's edict against the English.
They also say that on the 9th of December
the Chinese seized the English opium depot
PARIS, Wednesday morning. official
Mon5tear publishes dispatches from Hong
Kong dated Jan. Is. When the dispatches
left, the European colony of Hong Kong ap.
peared to have been poisoned, and the family
of Sir John Bowring especially, were suffer-
ing great pain. All the Chinese bakers had
fled. 1t is believed that these men have poi
soned all the foreigners. Fortunately, up to
the time Of the mail starting, no death had
occurred.
PLYMOUTH, Friday, March 6.-Orders were re-
celved here, this morning, that Col Lemon %
sergeants, 81 corporals and 1000 men of the Roy
al Marines of the Division were to hold them.
selves in readiness to embark for China.
The Persian Question.
PARIS, Friday, March 6-Neri Khran. an at.
tachee of Ferouk Khan, left Paris on the 4th for |
Ieheran, with tho treaty, just signed, which re.
CURES the ratification of the Persian government
A telegraph dispatch from Vienna CONVEYS news
received at ConStantinople on the I7th direct
from Persia The Persian General had marched
to Tabrz with colors flying He was received
with enthusiasm by the authorities and people.
LONDON, March 6.-The announcement of the
defeat of the Ministry in the House of Commons
on the Chinese question, by vote OF 1853 against
24I was received throughout the country with !
hspat44ses~-4he coalition by which it was eff
fected appeared utterly distasteful, and cry |
was at once raised for dissolution of Parlia- |
ment and an appeal to the people.
1t is among the common classes that the strong. |
est feeling has been aroused. Merchants of all |
shades of opinion seem unanimous in their view
of this event. In the Stock Exchanged an address
has been promptly signed by nearly five hundred
members, requesting Lord Palmerston to offer
himself for London, in opposition to Lord John
Russell, who figured jointly with Mr.. Golden and
Mr.. DIsraeli as a leader in the attack.
At Lloyds (the resort of the London under
writers), "a similar movement was eagerly re-
sponded to, nearly four hundred signatures hav-
ing teen almost Immediately obtained.