The Washington union., 1858-02-09
THE WASHINGTON UNION.
FoREIss NEWS BY THE ARAmA.


T1e steamer Arahis arrived at New York u4a SUNDAY
evening bringing Liverpool daies the Esd The Ara
go arrived out the zlst
rSaLasD.
Business af.drs look brighter, and no new failures
Of houses connected with the Amercan trade report
ed Cotton has ndvznccd, there is increased de-
mand and the receipts small The money market
easier, and speedy reduction q the rate d interest o.
four ler cent locked fof American stocks remain
Pennsy lssna nyes qnotei at u to 49, and Ma
ryiand fiyes nj &c 10 90.
The Fast India Company preI~ring for q conflict
with the government at the opening Of Parliament The
European Times they putting forth their power
In that ii Will require all the strength Of the caii
net TO oounfcrsct-
The common council OF London has presented an sd-
dress TO the Emperor Napoleon oongratulating him
has escape in the late attempted assassination The Brit
ish residents Of Paris had done the thing Queen
Sictora also sent him telegram and autograph et-
tsr, congt tstulsing HIM Ii Is generally believed
that France viii demand the expulsion from English soil
OF suspected foreign refugees.
There have been heavy gales the English opasts.
Damage 10 American shipping s reported.
The festivities ia honor of the Princess ROYALS
rage progressing in England.
The dignity Of baronei had been conferred upon the
of General Havelook and his tbe general widow
had been officially declared entitled 10 all the honors
which she would have enjoyed had her husband survived
Mr. Tronsale, administer Of the United States at Bra
zl, has arrived in England his way home Francis
Sousada lwho has been somewhat noted connected
with the ant-slayery movements in the West njes has
baen appointed British consul AZ Buston- The Duke of
Deyonshire is dead
FRANCE
The Emperor Napoleon had opened the French Legsa-
tive Assembly with lengthy speech He spoke Of
repressiye
The number Of persons wounded on the ocasion of the
attempted assassination Of the Emperor Napoleon about
hundred and fifty, Of whom dead. The details
of the affair voluminous.
-Four Itaas, ehies in the recent conspiracy to asss
nate the Emperor to he tired in January One of
them has made full revelations
The following is extract from private Paris letter
received in Manchester The following account Of the
explosion Of the internal machine under the carriage Of
the French Emperor and Empress reached me from
eyewitness early Friday morning 1t war narrated TO
my informant prior to the delivery of the morning
papers aud confirmed by the account in the Mou,er
in ali particulars, while ii supasses all the accounts
hitherto published in its simple exact, aud graphic de-
tails: was walking, said this gentleman, down the
Rue Lpeetier towards the Boulevard with my child,
little girl holding my hand Opposite the door of the
Opera small crowd had collected waiting TO witness the
arrival OF the Emperor and Empress. Kstori, il had
been announced, was to play Marie Stuart The i'm
peril carriages drove up attended by escort o
lancers. While the Emperor and Empress descend
ing from their carriage man IN blue blouse, who had
been standing by the side of my child advanced suddenly
and threw something about eighteen inches long and FIVE
broad under the carriage Three explosions OFF
sur~iveiy and horrid uproar arose amidst which the
Emperor and Empress into the theatre Confusion
and horror panlysed everybody for seconds upon
awakening from which / the carriage broken, two
horses killed. Young lady apparently dead guard
with his leg broken, and several lockers wounded
Not merely the in the blouse lsst the l,staniers
who chose had tune to leave the spta before the soldiers
marched up, surrounding asd arresting the curious
crowd which had been gathered by the reports and up
roar. "
letter from St Petersburg of the 9th ut states that
the nobility Of she governments of Moscow and kharkov
have made known thai they ready to realize the in
tentons OF the Emperor regards the emancipation OF
the peasants The declarations made by these two gov
ernnents the important they give the signal
for emancipation in Russia properly called The
resistance which these projects of reform have hitherto
met with in the interior sf the country.
week later advocs from India had been received
London but brought nothing later from Dude. There
had been two three socessful engagements with the
insurgents
small force from Delhi under Colonel scaton en-
countered a body of rebels at Gungeree the 18th De
cember took the guns, killed $50 We lest few
and three officers.
Again on the llth December the column at
tackled strong force of the entrenched at Pua-
lem, Futteghur killed about 600 Of them including
many chiefs took eleven guns with their camp and
parted pursuing y the routed enemy miles Our
loss trifiing. including only officer killed
Communication by post between Bombay and Calcutta
had been established letters and papers having been
received.
From China there is report that the English and
French had taken possession Of an island opposite Can
ton without opposition and that the French had pro
claimed blockade of Canton rvpr.
Lord Elgin had sent g ultimatum to the Chinese
authorities which to be accepted rejected within
ten DAYS. An offer of mediation, made by the Russian
minister had been rejected, hut proposal to that ef
feet made by the Hon Mr. Reed, the United States
missioner had been accepted
II the capture Of Canton fails to bring the Chinese to
terms a march Pekin is contemplated