, 1857-05-15
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, FRIDAY MAY I5 1857


The steamer Asia with dates from Liy.
erpool to March Goth, arrived at New
York on the 4th inst Her news is i'm
portant. The British Ministry had sus.
taincd defeat in relation to the Chinese
War and Parliament had been prorogued
on the 2lst. Lord Egin, formerly Gov.
enor-General Of Canada, has superseded
Sir John Bowring as Minister to China.
A vote Of confidence in Ministers has
been passed by the city of London, also at
Manchester, Liverpool, Dublin, Cork,
Lincolcn, Belfast, and Chelenham.
The Parliamentary elections were crea-
ting an unusual excitement
1t is said that the final sittings of the
Paris Conference on Turkish affairs (Which
will be chiefly devoted to the question of
the Principalities) will be held in June.
The third meeting of the Neufchatel Con-
ference at Paris will take place shortly,
instructions of more favorable cast having
been received from Berlin Austria.s on
the point Of breaking off diplomatic relations
with Sardinia, and the Sandman Chamber
of Deputies has voted, by l03 to IA, the
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put the Notifications of Alessandria into an
immediate state of defense Full instruc.
tionS were sent from Cadiz on the 18th, to
Gen. Concha, at Havana, respecting the
difficulties with Mexico. Meantime, the
Mexican Envoy has arrived at Madrid
The treaty for the abolition Of the Danish
Sound Dues was signed at Copenhagen on
the l4th.
France and England had become recon-
ciled to the policy Of the King Of Naples.
Fernk Khan, the Persian Envoy, had
arrived in London, from Paris, and the
full text OF the treaty made between him
self and Lord Crowell was published.
Mehemet Bey, (the Polish Colonel Ban
gya, with 300 men, equipped by English
sympathyzers, had landed in Circassia,
from tue English steamer Kangaroo, to
aid the CircassianS. NJ. Bouteneiff, the
Russian Minister at Constantinople, has
demanded explanations from Great Britain
on the subject.
The advces from India report very
great stringeHcy at Calcutta where the
rates wereI2 per cent. for loans on Gov
erhnent stocks, and IA per cent. for COM
mercial bills.
From Netherlands India we learn that
England was at war with Japan. Two
British vessels Of war had broken the
chain hawser thrown across the mouth oil
the port of Nangasaki and forced an en-
trance to the anchorages. No cause is
assigned for the act, nor did the Japanese
resist, although the town was well fortified
on the sea side.
Negotiations are said to be going on
between France and England for sending
a French army Of 20, 900 men to China in
English vessels.
Accounts from the frontiers Of China
announce that the Government Of Pekin
is in state of dissolution, that the Empe-
ror has no cash, and is forced to issue
iron coin, that all the moneyed men had
left the city, and that the Chinese and
Mantchous are in open hostility.
A private letter from q French naval
officer serving in the Chinese squadron
says that many Of the Europeans who
partook Of the poisoned bread at Hong
kong lost their teeth, their nails, nnd even
the hair Of their heads A Russian cap
tain was attacked with opthnlmia, and
his sight is despaired Of About four
hundred persons were more or less poison
ed. The writer asserts that there are
Europeans in the Chinese feet, and the
aptitude displayed by the native sailors is
described as extraordinary.
The marriage Of the Princess Charlotte
of Belgium is fixed for the 2lst Of July.