Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-23
Arrival OF The steamer Africa.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE

low last night, but did not get up until luis
morning.
ENGLAND Parliament re-assembIed on
the 4lh inst, when Lord Plloerstun CAV"
notice of a bill in regard 10 consplrncles to
murder, which meets the refuge question:
A bill had also been proposed giving author
I!ty to the Eat India Company TO raise a loan
Of not over fl0,0 900 in England.
The rews tom the contiuent Is un'mpoF-
,ant. The affairs Of Indil had claimed cDn-
siderable attention from Parliament siuce
assembling. Lrd PAlmerston gave notice
of a bill for the Amendment OF the govern
ment VI lndia.
An address had been voted 10y both
Houses of Parliament congratuIaung tue
Queen on the MARI age # the Princess Royal.
Mr.. K chuck asked L'rd Palmers;on
Whether al Y communications had passed be-
tween France and England 10 regard t. the
alien act, or for altering the criminal code.
lie spoke bitterly against Napoleon ana the
French off tjals.
Lord Palmers;on acknowledged the re-
ceipt OF a dispatch calling the attention Oi
tue government to the refugee question, ana
hoping that the British government would
do what it thought GL in the premises No
answer had been returned as yet. lie, how
ever, rebuked Roebuck'5 onslaught.
FRANCE The fsnch Consuis are hereat-
ter not to grant passports 10 British subjects.
The new T encb penal law WAS undergo
ing III JdiicatIOns.
A decree has been issued investing Prince
Jerome Napoleon with the right ot aste"d-
800 " .:.- Il Tho i',nryir ,t NftFa and
prcsidlus III the EnperOr's absence.
TIE PARIS correspondent OF the Morning
Herald stltes that III the opinion oI many
respectable Freuchmen too much Import.ncc
has been attached IN England u the military
addresses 10 the MOniterr. These dcmoh'
STATIONS, ne says, bave tal1n place under
the influence of the excitement, and the unl-
form loyalty Of the Emperor as an ally
should have more weight than the ouasiiui
manifestations of soldiers anxious u estaG-
hsh claims for future promotion by exagge-
rated statements.
James Oder. one of the most respec'a5le
members OF the banking community OF Paris,
the failure of whose firm was announced a
few days since, had COMMITTED suicide by
hanging himself.
The Italian residents Of Paris had presen-
ted a coneru,ulatory address TO the Emperor,
in which they repudlate the as-asHins VINO
call themselves Itailans. The address says
Liberal Italy, which has not forgotten what
she WED ut a great epoch to the chie' OF
YOUR dynasty, disavows as her children all
such. Our codes bear the impress vi the
genius of Napoleon the FIRST, and We know
that Ma pCleon the Third, in his dlsinterested
policy, has always protected the wlsnes OF
Mathematics"
The minister Of war has been charged
with a commission to purchase hotels at
Nancy, Tours, Tuulons, Lyons, aud Paris Tor
the marshals who are to be Appointed u Tie
great military commands into which trauce
has been divided.
The Moni'elr publishes further congratu-
latory addresses, the chief being from the
artillery and infantry Of marine. No refer
ence is made to the refugee question.
Prince Frederick Wlllam had
refused tn receive the Populations OF pCiiH'
cal associations. The Prince stated that he
did not like political associations, aud be-
lieyed that if any durable change be made IL
| the government of Prussia, al end would be
put to these bodies.
SPAIN.-The C3rtes bad voted an address
in reply to the speech from the throne, hy a
vote Of two hundred to fourteen. Ih'
speech of Bravo MuriIlo fills ten columns o.
the Madrid journals. lie stated that IN or
der to re-cstahlish society firmly on It's basil
il will, in his opinion, be desirable 10 con
firm the right of voting to persons who pay
the highest amount Of t.xes; 10 reduce th'
number of deputies; 10 have no iunct'onar'e'
mr. military officers In active service IN th'
chamber, and lastly u have discussions &c
cret.
A decree recently issued extends the ar
~pesties on the biith Of a Prince to the colo
MES.
TrRKEY.-Constantinople advices to th'
9th reIort that certain Clrcasslan slave
merchants who were proceeding t. that place
| for the purpose Of sclIirg some young wo
men and children. having been refused pas"
uorts by the Russian Consulate At llehl2nn,
and having as heard Of the promise OF me
Sultan to inIerdi2t the sale OF white slaves
took up arms, and waited to set fire to the
co%usul's house. TIE resident Europeans
With the ~consuls of France and England, tc
the number of three hundred, all armed
had, however. gathered around the Russian
consulate for its defence.
The Circassian chief, Schmyl", had teer
ohIieed to consent that ali the population o
| Great Tehctchua should make their subm's
sion TO Russia. lie Nord, however, does no'
confirm this.
NApLEs-The trial Of the NeapoIitan re
yolu,iuGist- OF June last had been cVmmen
ced ut Salerno.
ISprA.-There is nothing later either from
India or China.
Markets -~LIyERPOoL. Feb. 8 Cotton
Sales of the week $1,000 bales, inciudin.
$500 bales sold on speculation, and 3OOl
bales for export. The market opened with
slight advance on all qualities, but this wa
lost before the close Of the market. New
Upland declined i-l6. The market general
" closed quiet. Orleans fair u: Rlddlln'
G 1916; Monile fair u; middiing6 Is; UPLAND
fair !; middling I'll. Stock in port 33O.OO'
bales, including 10000 bales American
crttun.
Manchester adsices arc favorable, an(
prices have generally advanced.
BreadstufTs The market IL very dull
Flour and corn of all qualities have slightly
declined.
Richardson s Spence quote:-Flour CLOSED
with a declining tendency aud is unsa.eaGl'
Quotations are nominal. Western cana
2O.. 60 G22s. Cd; Philadelphia and Balu
more % G. @23,; Obio 25-.@21s. "hea
closed steady tut frmer. Ri Western %
9l(G6..; Southern red Is9!s. "a; white