New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-18
Particulars Of Forsign News.
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pool We extinct the following intelligence:
The political event Of the week has been great
Demonstration at Birmingham in honor of Mr.. John
Bright, member of Parliament from that town, and
the delivery by that gentleman of spirited speech
on the subject of parliamentary reform. Mr. Bghts
remarks were regarded indicative Of the policy Of
the extreme Radicals and such attracted great
attention. He eulogzed the elective franchise as
practsed in the United States the equal distribution
Of representation and the ballot and pledged him
selt 70 support reform bill, providing for such
system in England. Mr.. Bright's recommendations
we're not acceptable to the great bulk Of the press
Inc Manchester Guardian takes decided exception to
his landatloh Of American institutions and Of the
lay aud order he commended prevailed under them.
The complete prospectus Of the great ship compa-
ny, formed for the purchase of the Great Eastern
steamer, had been issued, and meeting Of the Old
shareholders convened for the first 81 November to
make the final arrangements for the transfer of the
vessel The capital Of the new company is to be
$3.50 600, and the shareholders Of the old company
are to receive ELS in new shares for every goo At
present held. The directors include several men
Of great energy and influence.
A letter from Limerick says +:
Considerable disappointment was felt here on she
receipt of intelligence that the deputation which pro-
ceeded to London, had had interview with Ar.
Cunard, and that he gave no encouragement except
the ebunciaton Of his opinion that he had long
thought that the Shannon the only point on the
west coast of ireland SUITED for packet station, but
for the general nature OF the service he would prefer
Cork that there were three requisites for success
full transatlantic packet service, viz mail contract,
first class passenger traffic and goods traffic and
without any of these resources ruin would be the re-
suit Of any undertaking of the kind As to the Shan
and Galway he preferred the former, but he
sIdered Liverpool preferable to either and he had
got the mail contract for the term OF five years from
1862 the mails would continue to be sent from that
port. However, notwithstanding Mr.. Cunards opin-
ion meeting is to be held in this city for the pur
pose OF taking measures 10 promote packet station.
The Dublin correspondent Of the London Times
thinks that Lord Derby answer, declining to have
the Shannon surveyed, ought,to be sufficient stay
to further proceedings for establishing an American
packet station at FOyne-
The Admiralty had issued orders for mornings TO
be laid down at Galway for the convenience Of the
trans Atlantic steam packets in that harbor. The
Dublin papers are informed that Government has de-
cided upon constructing harbor at Galway capable
of accommodating the trans Atlantic traffic, and had
ordered surveys to be made, and tine necessary est
mates of expense prepared.
The Galway Company had given notice that they
did not intend to close their list Of applications for
shares until time had been given to hear from the
North American colonies the result Of their pending
negotiations for mail contracts.
A letter in the Dublin Evening Mail, dated Bantry,
Oct. 20, says
glad to see that the Evening Mail has directed
the attention of the Government to the proposed
landing in this country OF a regiment OF armed men
| from America, commanded by Col. Ryan There are
just grounds for the exercise OF caution in this mat
ter am sorry to inform YOU that seditious soce-
| ties have been discovered in this ueighborhood as
well in other places in the West Of the county of
I Cork. They are also creeping inland and have made
some progress in the neighboring county OF Kerry
! A strange popularity peryades this movement
The members of the society bind themselves not to
divuge their plans to the priests, and where spoken
against from the altar they denounce the priests
despots, bad as the rest Of their tyrants. They
are supposed to derive inspiration from America AND
money also. They declare their intentions to rise in
arms whenever there may be any difference with
| ArlnFi IGn HOV Dnpf fa hall
aware of these facts At present the whole thing is
very contemplate but it affords fair grounds for pre-
venting the gallant 69th from marching through this
country in arms and encampng in military fashion
to keep up the hopes of Irish rebels. The strange
point in the matter is the exclusion of the priests
| Without them they donothing beyond producing
| another cabbage garden campaign.
The London Daily News, in an article giving full
particulars Of the recent reception OF ineligible sig
nails through the Atlantic Cable says that since Wed
nesday the 10th October, the day on which the mes
sage was received there has been no indication OF
permanent improvement in the electrical condition o
the line.
The chess players of Manchester proposed to invit
Mr.. Morphy to public dinner, previous to his depart
ure for America.
bIr. VIM. Lemon Oliver, a stock broker in London
has been arrested on charge Of converting. to hi
own use the sum Of $4,000 which had been intrustet
to him for specific Investments.
The young Prince Alfred had sailed as q nava
cadet on board the frigate Euryalus The Prince 0
Wales was expected to shortly receive commission
in and Join the army.
} Timothy Kirby the first mate Of the American
ship Patterson was under arrest at Liverpool charged
, with r0bbing q man named James Harding, wht
Joined the ship at New Orleans as sailor of 1913
One Of the events of the racing week at New
market was a match between Mr.. TenBroeck's hors
Barbarity and Count Ballhyany's Olympus, tn
owners riding their respective horses. The forme
was the winner,
Ireland has still its assassinations its latest victim
being the Rev Alexander Nixon, magistrate, VIII
was shot while returning from church, the assassin
being three in number and disguised as wOmer
They had evidently Waylad their VICTIM and are snE
posed have been strangers hired by parties in tn
neighboThood. They had not been arrested, but rt
ward for their apprehension had been offered by tn
Lord Lieutenant. The Dublin correspondent of tn
Morning Herald thus describes the dastardy assault
The reverend gentleman was accompanied in h
e carriage by his daughter and Mrs Nixon. The di
. gused rutfAns simulated drunkenness. AS the ca
rage approached, OF them trippe1 as if by acc
dent aud fell across the road in front of the horse
j which were at once pulled up by the coaehman
WhereupOn the other two rufians approached Closel
to the reverend gentleman, and fired pistol at b
}, head. The ball entered his mouth, passed ont throug
n his neck and lodged in Miss NiXon's bonnet A
cOrdiug to Geographic message dated from Der
Il last night, the reverend gentleman then Twin
but slight hopes were entertained of his recovery.
# France.
n The Paris correspondent of the New York Cor
mercial Advertiser in the letter of the 28th ut fl
|, nishes the following items of French news:
h The mode of settlement of the Portuguese difcul
g does not excite much comment in France. I'll
t. French Government made no secret at the nature
e its demand and the issue of the affair was thus see
n. from the beginning. The appeal of Don Pedro
n NapoleOns magnanimty, in fixing the sum OF the il
% demnity is attributed here to Il confidence in Il
he Emperors high character elsewhere it will be attl
lie buted to something else. In giving up the capture
u ship and her captain, Portugal yielded to superb
force the fixing of the indemnity to the captain al
r owners, was left for diplomacy. Yielding the fir
10 point, however, was granting the second and Dc
ID Pedro did well in leaving the fixing of the indemn
to the liberality of Louis Napoleon An officer of ii
is ship died in captivity in Mozambique and it will
IL curious to learn at how much they estimate his lii
Then the captain must be compensated for his il
- pTisonment and loss of time, and the owners mu
~ receive indemnity for the loss of their cargo.
- The affair will fortunately hasten the negotiate
~ already under way the subject of the African en-
~ grafton system and the slave trade The French ca
not and will not abandon their emigration system,
:. cause they have officially declared it just human
% and inofensive to states or policy but they may
~ induced to give guarantees for its proper cOndu
~ which will be satisfactory to the protesting parties
o return again to the Nortara affair, because it
almost the sole occupation of the French journals
I French society 1t has, in fact gained European
~ mansions, and is arousing the whole continent. 0
may well believe himself dreaming in the middle
the nineteenth century, at the apogee of civilized
telligence to all Europe convnlsed over the gu
ne ton whether it is admissible to abduct child tr
or its parents The question is not new, but it is sta