The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-17
FOre1Hn News.

The Cunard steamship Arabia arrived at New Yor!
on the 7th inst, and brings the following news:
The mail from Bombay (telegraphic anticipations q
which we're brought out by the Canada) conveys littl'
more than a confirmation Of previous advices 1t wa.
generally argued By the English papers that the cup
preston Of the rebellion 10 Dude would entail a seriou
amount of trouble, and require a continued stream "
reinforcemepts. ~.
The Furruckabad rebels had been completely defeate.
and dispersed after two engagements. Their guns wer.
al captured.
The Government dispatch reports the defeat Of thD
insurgents at two or three points BY a small force from
Delhi, under Col. Seaton.
Passengers from Hong Kong report that the Russian
Admiral had come from the North and offered his ser
vices as mediator between England and China, which
offer was declined, but q similar one from the American
Commodore was accepted.
Dates from Hong Kong, to the 18th December, had
been received by telegraph.
The Island Of DOMAIN, opposite Canton, was occupied
BY the English and French forces without resistance.
The French Admiral had proclaimed the blockade Of
Canton River, on the part Of France.
Lord Elgin's ulsimatum hsd been sent in, and the
Chinese we're allowed ten days to accept or reject it.
The festivities in honor Of the approaching nuptials
of the Princess Royal were the dominant topic in Fog.
land.
The Court Of Directors of the East India Company
had drawn up q lengthy petition to Parliament against
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Cr,wn.
Mr.. Francis Lousada has been appointed British
Consul at Boston.
The dignity of a Baronet had been conferred upon
the son Of General Hsvelock, and bis (the Generals
widow had been officially declared entitled to all tn.
honors which she would have enjoyed had her husband
survived.
The statistics of employment at Manchester and ip
the manufacturing districts GENERALLY show. a continued
improvement in the operations Of the various mills, IL
The attempted assassination of the Emperor had been
the all-engrossing topic of the week.
The French ,urnals had joined ia the cry for the ex-
pulsion Of the conspirators from Europe, Aid the Paris
correspondent Of the Times says it Was positively stated
that y communication had been made by the French
Minister iu London to the English Government de-
mandinx tho expulsion from England Of I've political
refugees-oue or two Italian, and the rest French.
The effect of the explosion Of the three prcjectiles
proved, on investigation, t." be far more disastrous than
less wounded tell little if any Short Of one hnnlrsd apd
City, aud six had died Of the injuries they had sustained.
The p~rojectiles employed we're Of the most formidable
kind, aod il il said that not less than twenty Of theu
we're meant to BE- used. Five minutes previous to the
explosions, an Italian naued Pierri, who was expelled
from France in 1882, was recognised BY the police apd
arrested. r lie was armed with . six-barreled revolver
and - dagger. and was the bearer If . bomb similar to
those exploded. Count Ogsini, who was arrested at his
lodgings upon information given by his servant, is said
to have confessed that be threw one Of the bomts.
Thee parties, apd two others named Comes and Da
Silva alias kudio, also in custody, ape supposed 70 be
the chiefs in the affair. A police officer from Lyndon
had arrived in Paris for the purpose Of identifying Pierri
aad Orsini as having been connected with the affair Of
Foschiui, who escaped from London some time since.
The Paris correspondent Of the London Adre,hi Or
says tia. a formal demand has been preferred upon the
British Government for the expulsion of Victor Hugo,
Mazzini, Lcdru Rolin and Louis Blanc from tie British
Territory.
1t is stated that Radio, the youngest Of the Italian
prisoners, has revealed everything connected with the
plot 70 assassinate the Emperor. The trial will take
place about the 10th Of February.
The correspondent of the Ltndon Herald says that
on the 2lst. ;pst., ~ persons were arrested in the gar
dens OF the Tuillerics, each with q loaded revolver in
his pocket.
Accounts have reached Paris Ct the landing Of 200
Mazzinians at Ancona, and of their attempts to surprise
the Austrian garrison. Many were killed, and others
made prisoners.
The first batch Of African immigrants under the pew
contract made by the French Government, arrived At
Martinique recently. Symptoms Of discont' ut had BEEN
ma pifested among the Africans on the Island, and an
attempt at tight 10 St. Lucia had been discovered on
eas ef he eststee