The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-09
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fh1oaf iNS,.......,.-,...-......JULY Q. 1875
The Foreign Mails by the city of
Washington,


Warrington.
| The City OF Washington arrived at New Yorl
Tuesday. The foreign files by her are receive,
aud contain some additional news, besdes' tha
already published by telegraph. We make snu1
| mary:
| GRrAT BRITAIN
| In the ltonse Of Lords, on the 2lst 5f june tn
| bishop Of oxford moved for the correspondenc
| between the British government and the Iioverno
| OF Hong Kong, respecting emigration from hon,
| Kong and China since 1850.
/ - IN the Commons, in Committee OF Supply, q vot
| OF I654,0o0 for public educational purposes wa
agreed 10. IL was stated that over 2o0,0o0 chi
| dreh were deriving benefit from these expend
/ lures for education
| On the 22i Hltiro in the House of Commons 81
| Z, Bulwer Iyttou stated that, owing to irregular
| ities in the mail service with Australia, the pre
sent contract was TO be cancelled and new on
| entered into.
| Hotham and adopted after considerable debate -
| That IL is contrary to the usage and derogator'
to the dignity of the House, that any Of its mem
/ bers should bring forward, promote or advocat
| In the House any proceeding or measure in which
/ he may have acted, or been concerned for, or il
| consideration of any pecuuiary fec reward.
The American ship Onward had arrived at Spit
| head with military inyaiids from the Cape Of Goo,
| Hope.
of the two destructive fires in London, one brok,
| ont in the life boat factory of Forrest q Co. o
! Limehouse, and extended to several adj0inins
! timber yards, &c, burning ever space of seyera
acres. The loss exceeded fIoo 600 sterling. Tn,
| second con1gration occurred on the Fresh Wharf
! near London Bridge, and destroyed three large
Warehouses with their valuable contents. Til,
! loss is said to be enormous
Al the trial OF Truelovo, the bookseller, for pub
IishIE a libel Oh the Emperor of the French. il
the Queens Bench, on the 22i Of June, the Attor
| ney General said he WIS glad to announce thai
| Tue jury wonld not be called upon to try the in
| ule.tneht rue defendant was prepared to state
mat ne never intended 10 countenapce the Grim.
OF assassination, and to express hts regret that
any such misconstruction should have been pui
upon MS puhcatlOn, and that the publication, o
| the work had ceased. This was confirmed by the
| defendants counsel and n verdict of not guilty
was taken. The prosecution of Tchouzavaki on g
| like charge. vas sposei of in the same manner.
! Op the LIST of July, aud thenceforward, the pos
| tige upon letters conveyed by packet between
| the. United Kingdom aud Martinique, Guadadoupe
| or, CaraCoa was reduced to the uniform British
| rate Of sixpence the half ounce, and on accord
| ing 10 the usual scale This postage must be paiC
| in advance or the letters will not be forwarded.
| The steamship Nalet:a, Capt. Roberts. arrived al
southampton, England, on the 2lst ult., with the
| heayy portion of the Bombay mails, pearls of tht
vaiue of f222Uoo six cases Of tortoise she'll one
case q: shawls, three boxes Of dispatches, % case
OF silk, l,3t bales OF raw slik aud 33 packages o
sEndries.
/ Preparations were being made in England tt
| welcome the Agamemn0n on her expected arriEa
| with the end of the Atlantic cable III Naleutii
bay.
ihs calculation was th.t she would reach ther,
or ah0lt the 26th of June. The principal di
Iectors and officials of the company were proceed
ing to Nalentia, and ad'Ice5 from ireland stat'
that the Lord Lieutenant would be in attendance
on the arrival Of the squadron for the purpose o
| inauSuratIDg the line by message of peace, ii
the name of her Majesty, to the President OF tht
United States. 1t was also expected that Prince
| Alfred, who cruising about the coast OF Ire
r},ab .}yt,ir
would join the squadron engaged in laying the ca
bic.
The Asiatic cholera has again made its appear
| ance in london: Its first victim attributed hi
| malady to the poisonous stencil arising from th
Thames, which river he was employed as
lighteCm.n An inquest was held yesterday.
The papers announce the death OF the Earl O
Gengatt, vino died rather suddenly, at Cowes
Isle Of Wight. He was sixty four years of age
| In default of male issuc, the Earldom become
| extinct
vacancy is created in the Irish representativ
peers in Parliament.
FRANCE.
Tie Paris Patrie devotes an article to the Ang
American difficulty, in the course of which il a.
| tTib htes the excitement in the United state
| to the desire of the Washington authorities TO d
vert public attention from their Kansas bluuders
; aud from tie pit:ui results Of the Mormon eah
paigu. The manner Of the Americans" says th
tatrie, sis 10 20 10 war, but they have always in
dulged in more noise than deeds, and their swor
| is never more than half drawn. Quarrelsome bu
| economical. they hesitate before a heavy expend
| ture and prefer satisfactory arrangement to cos
| ly laurels. We must consequently pay little after
ton to the noise created the other side of ib
Atlantic. The warlike articles, which fill the i'll
| mense columns Of the American journals the VI
hement speeches, the orders given for the film
| out Of fleets have already been witnessed four c
| FIVE times within twenty years wthCut harmiii
, |, any one, and the Mayor of New York enjoys
| light conscience, notwithstanding that jOurn,
denounced bin a traitor for having drank I
| the health Of Queen Victoria at banquet recen
ly given by the English Consul
| The crops were reported to be in splendid cond
tion. and at Paris and elsewhere the advance r.
Gently quoted ia wheat had been generally lost
Other provincial markets, however, Sill MAINTAIN
ed an upward tendency.
The result OF the silk crop in the Drome is col
sidered altogether satisfactory, the product OF las
| year being considerably exceeded In the Ard
cho the silk crop had been injured by the lnteDs
heat.
| Accounts from the wine growing department
announce that everywhere the vineyards presen
| ed a magnificent appearance. and gave promise {
| most abundant vintage Little or no busines
was doing In brandieS
The Moniteur publishes the official returns {
the customs revenue. showing in the first nv
| months of 1858 Giminution OF receipts comp pare
with the corresponding period in 1857 of over nv
million francs, while compared with 1856 there ]
an increase Of six million francs
ITALY.
Considerable uneasiness is said to have been eG
cited in Rome, by the important Notifications th
French are making at Civita Neccha
Some heavy failures are reported in Turin, an
it is aail that considerable Misrepresentation c
money by certain directors of the Cuueo Railroad
Company had been discovered
1t ia denied that Piedmont has made any de
mands upon Naples for indemuifcation i'll the Ca,
liari affair.
A desperate attempt 70 escape had been made b.
the prisoners confined at raiianO, and sixty o
them succeeded in getting away Half Of them
however, had been re-captured.
RUSSIA.
A grand pehlic ceremonial took place at st. Pc
ter,burg on the 12th of June. The new cathedra
| Of st Isaac was couspcratcd by q solemn religion
service which blended al the maguifcSuce of &c
clesiastical and military pomr. The imperia
| family and Court we're present, and 10000 troop
were under arms
| Letters from st. Petersburg state that the En-
| peror was gathering abont him every day men be
| longing TO the progressive party; that the Cabine
| Veg impressed with the necessity OF approachIu
western ciyii7atoI and that the next generation
| viii not ft d any trace "f slavery in kussla Thi
policy Is opposed by the old Russian party, heade
10y FRINGE Menschikof.
| The Russian Steamer Wolga left Antwerp tw
| days ago for ST, Petersburg, with full cargo c
| machinery, t9o locomotives, NC, nom the iouu
dries OF Lioge, &c.
! A CURIOUS PRIrF.--The Wheeling Intelligence
| xays. The clerk at an uptown grocery, 'os
isy7 since. opened his eye wider. and was seize
| rith y nervousness akin to the 'b"cK foyer -
| When en,ptylnga sack OF Flo Coffee, he discover