New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-19

inst, aud arrived at Halifax the 11th. From her
adviees we extract the following:
Great Britain.
in the House Of Commons, on Wednesday night,
the Government was in majority OF sixty upon d.
vision for the second reading Of the Superannuaton
Bill. motion for second reading having been car,
ried on the following evening, Lord Palmerston said
the Government would offer no further 0pposlton 70
the bill.
The Royal assent bad teen given to the bill incor-
porating the Atlantic Telegraph Company
All the vessels comprising the expedition for lay
ing the Atlantic telegraph cable had arrived ct Cork.
It was intended that they should leave that port for
valentia the 3lst Of Jnly the LIST Of August and
that, the weather permitting the shore rope should
be landed and ne vessels commence snk1ns .ne ~
to avoid giving priority of information, and TO AFFORD
no facilities for jobbing speculation during the lay
| ing Of the cable. .
into which would be introduced the end Of the cable,
and during the progress OF the laying q it no one
will have permission there except the Secretary q
the Company and his assistants and they viii avoid
ali communication with persons outside. Progress
will be reported daily to all parts Of Edrope. Ine
paying out experiments from the Agamemnon, be-
tween Dover and Queenstown, were perfectly sue
cessful lgE
The following was the latest telegraphic dispatch
received regarding the cable:
RICHARD Ste'carf, Esq, agent Of the Assoe'a1ea
Ths submarine cable on board the Niagara and
Agamemnon, over $500 miles long, was joined 20
gether last evening, and messages sent through its
entire length in less than second. Everything
works beautifully, and all in high spirits. The
Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland is expected to witness
the commencement EN- Of the proceedings. ~
In the House Of Lords, Lord Ellenborough attacked
and Lord Granville defended the present Governor
General Of India the latter stating that Lord Cam
ming was proving himself quite equal to the emer-
gency. s..s.35.
Prince Napoleon had visited Victoria at the Isle Of
Wight and the Emperor and Empress Of France were
expected there about the 5th Of August
Rumors were current that the Government intended
to send ten thousand additional troops to India.
large and influential deputation from the Cotton
Supply Association of Manchester had an interview
with Lord Palnerston for the purpose Of submitting
to him certain proposals by means Of which largely
increased supply may be obtained from India The
: result Of the interview was not stated q,
There had been great political demonstration at
Rochdale, composed principally of nonelectoB. He
solutions passed. declaring that it is the night Of
every man, who has arrived at the age Of
years, to have vote in the election Of members of
Parliament and to have the protection of the ballot
in the exercise of that right and that there ought to
be distribution Of the constituencies throughout the
United Kingdom equalzed in proportion to the popu-
h lation. ssg
:, The journals from the South and Middleward dis
trcts Of Ireland state that the greatest anxiety be-
gan to prevail with regard to the safety Of the potato
CROP although the disease, it generally admitted,
N had only partially manifested itself
- L1vERPooL Saturday.-The clipper ship Lightning
arrived to-day from Australia with 33 800 ounces Of
e gold. MaF
The Emperor returned to Paris from Pombieres on
a. Wednesday. .-
The Journal du Harre intimates that it has been
y officially decided that the New York Line of Tran
saantic steamers is to be granted to Havre with
g. subventon Of three million francs the Antilles line
! to Nantes with six millions subvention, and the Brazil
- line to Bordeaux and Marsellles, with hVe million sub
OF vention. s-.s 4 &. s.aa. 7ssf -
is The trial Of the Italians and others for conspiracy
It. to assassnate the Emperor Napoleon takes place on
= the 9th or Sth of August. q
Letters from France say that the harvest supasses
expectation. ays t
r. Paris papers report the death of Lablache, the
~, famous Italian singer. .seo- ~
It is reported from Paris that the result of the cleo
N tions had proved so unsatisfactory that modification
ir of universal suffrage is contemplated
,g The three per cents closed on Friday at 66f 95e
The majority of the Directors OF the Bank of France
Thursday rejected the proposition for lowering the
ne rate Of discount to five per cent s.-4
lis Spain.
he Talavera had been declared in state of siege
account of destructive fire which the government
tb attributed to the revolutionists. s4
The Spanish correspondent of the Times says tina,
M the Spanish Mexican question will be further discussed
ed in Paris Lord Howden had arrived there from Ma
zee drd as also had Laragua, the Mexican Envoy.
ug Portugal. 49,
lis The Brazilian Government through their ministe
of at Lisbon are understood to have made urgent re
presentations to the Portuguese Government regard
" ing the large amounts OF forges Brazilian paper cur
y rency which manufactured in Portugal, and sent
out for circulation in Rio and elsewhere.
is Anua'
m The details of the Indian news already teegraphed
" reached London on Friday night.
~ - Rumors were very prevalent that Delhi had been
s taken but according to the last authentic accounts
ly dated June 18th, still in the possession of the
s insurgents. 1t very generally believed in London
no Oh Friday evening, on the strength of communca
80 ton from the East India House, that Delhi had
Sc +boc Of nd
as an advance took place in Consols.
n. The Bombay Times of July lst, says, the rebellion
is universal in the Bengal army, and even the Iott
Regiment of Native Infantry, which was publicly
Vi thanked by the Governor General in person, for it
es loyalty, three weeks before, had been dsarmed.
he Not q symptom OF dissatisfaction has as yet ap
1 peared in the Madras army, which manifested perfect
loyalty and repeled Indignantly every attempt made
'sI to seduce them from their allegiance by emmlssaes
lis from the Bengal troops.
CIV list is given of the fftysix regiments, or por
~ tions of regiments which have munied while thirty
" have been disarmed and one disbanded In fact, thu
ID Bengal army has ceased to exist
oe- The fall OF Delhi will do more to quench rebellion
ed than ANYTHING ese There is anxiety about tht
Nazams country as the first regiment of cavalry haG
mutinied and there were great atrocities committed
at Hanzie and Hessar but many Europeans escaped
it No Europeans were killed at Armighad The Blur
inf poor levies had mutned and the officers were oblge
Nv to fly but none OF them were injured. At Albahad
Gu tweny-six Europeans and their families were killed
Ter including eleven officers.
be found to be at the bottom of the conspiracy in
~ junction with the pensioned King Dryie and that il
o' is asserted that discoveries of other Mahometal
Princes being concerned in it has led to the disarmns
OF all the native troops at Calcutta and in the neigh
Ar. borhood with the exception of body guard which
~ is composed of picked and well tried men. Many
he the disarmed men have since deserted The defence
Gu of Calcutta had become subject of great anxiety t.
the European Government, which had yielded to tn
inc pressure and consented to the enrolment OF corp
Of volunteer guards who patrol the streets at nigh
he In Calcutta and the neighborhood, great excite
Of ment existed owing to the discovery Of conspirac
for general uprising on the part Of the Musselme
population and the seizure of the city by them Tn
49,, inhabitants keep themselves armed and the publ
ioh buildings hotels and other principal places ga
ar rsoned by sailors belonging to ships in the Ive
ry The French Consul at Calcutta called together all tt
of French inhabitants and captains of French vessel
~. and desired them to furnish and equip force
y armed men to watch the safety Of the Europea
His community French families were being taken o
but board vessels. -e.s
itb letter from Binney & Co., "a highly respectabl
frm) dated Madras, June 27, stated positively tha
lay official intelligence had reached Madras the pre-
iii vious day OF the fall of Delhi
INT China, .##
Further details of the naval operation in the Can
ton river state that the 9th of May Is unks wer
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