Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-08-13
THREE DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE
THE GooDwooD CUP RACE.
THE AMERICANS NOWHERE.
Arrival Of the Steamship Niagara.

Halifax, Aug. IL. The Cunard steamship
Niagara, Capt Miller, from Liverpool Satur-
day noon, July 81. arrived at this port at one
o'clock this afternoon.
Great BrfInin.
Parliamentary proceedings on the 2Sth were
| ummportant.
On the Doth in the Commons the Lords
amendment to the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pauys bill was agreed to.
On the 9Oth, in the Lords, Woodhouse
asked Government what their intentions were
respecting Geographic communication with
India.
Earl Donoughmore replied that arrange.
ments had not been concluded. but the gov
eminent were fully alive to the importance of
completing Telegraphic communication with
India, and had selected the Red Sea route in
preference to that by the Persia Gull. Com
munication would be completed early next
year as far as Brousa.
The Lord Chancellor introduced a bill max
ing important amendments in the Bankruptcy.
| Law.
In the Commons sundry questions were
propounded in regard to India affairs. Lord
Stanly, iu reply, said it was impossible to form
an estimate of the present strength OF the
mutineers. The total number of the Queens
force in India. or on their way out, was 49,
| 4I6 but 1856 were reported sick, and IL, 059
were drafts on their way out. At the latest
returns there were 10000 electives and H.
| 900 drafts. AS to the East India Colnpany's
forces, there we're Is ,S5S Europeans on the
| LIST of July. After deduction for casualties,
there was then total of between $4,000 and
! 81 900 European troops in India. With re-
gard to the Indian Loan, "a, 42l, 900 had been
borro wed, leaving 93, 100000 still to be Dor
rowed. There would be ample means from
| this source to defray expenses for the whole
| OF the current year. Instructions had been
sent to proclaim Her Majestys name and au-
thority IN India, and the instructions sent out
clearly announced the intention of Govern
ment not to interfere with the religion of the
natives.
The race for the Goodwood Cup resulted in
the triumph of Saunterer, Fisherman coming
in second. Nothing else near them. Only
eight horses ran, and the American animal,
! Charleston was last but one. Prioress did
not start. MIR. Merry, the owner of Saunterer,
| is said to have won 100000 on the event.
The large Dotton Spinning Mill OF W.
Stephenson and Sons near Paisley, has been
| burned. Loss 100000.
The harvest reports from Ireland continue
| very satisfactory. The potato blight had not
made its appearance to any appreciable extent
in any part of the Island.
Official returns show that forty-four vessels
| of war; of all classes were lying at Chatham,
and could be brought forward for immediate
service, if required.
The papers give accounts of the grand ban
quet recently given by Mr.. Peabody to Mr..
Mason, the American Minister to France, on
his visiting London. Upwards of 100 Amer
leans and English were present. Mr. Ray
mond, of the New York Times, spoke for the
press.
Imdin.
The Bombay mail of July Sd had reached
Suez the 23d. The recapture of Gwalior is
confirmed. The rebels lost twenty-seven
guns, besides elephants and treasure to a
large amount. The fugitives from Gwalior
| are said to be hemmed in on all sides by Brit
ish troops.
On the 18th, oiE Hope Grant gained brill
| liant victory at Newa Gunga, near Lucknow,
capturing a large number of guns, and driv-
ing the enemy across the Cagra.
On the 9th, the celebrated Mouldie, for
whom E5, 900 had been offered, was killed.
Dude continued much disturbed.
The Governor General, on receiving Lord
Ellenborough's dispatch, issued a proclama-
ton giving an amnesty to all but murderers.
The result is not yet known.
Details of Sir Hope Grants victory near
Lucknow, state that the rebels were nearly
twenty thousand strong, and their loss was
six hundred men, and six guns. The British
had six killed and thirty wounded. The
fight lasted three hours, and the rebels were
utterly routed. A good effect was anticipat-
ed.
A rebel Rajah had surrendered in Rohil-
cund.
The rebels were also being put down.
The London Times says the above news
had greater effect in restoring confidence on
Change than on any previous occasion.
The Times, in an editorial. characterzes
Sir Jon Lawrence, the ruler of the Punjanb,
as the foremost man IN India, and calls on
the government to confer the Peerage on
him.
The approaching Cherbourg fetes engross
attention.
There were rumors of conspiracy against
the Emperor discovered at st. Edenne, but
they want confirmation.
The London Globe says only two ships of
war, besides the Royal and Admiralty
yachts, will accompany Victoria to Cher
bourg.
Prince Napoleon is said to be devising mea-
sures to divert the stream of emigration
which flows from France and Germany to
America, towards Algeria. Extraordinary
| advantages are to be held out to African col
onists.
Austria
An autograph letter from the Emperor is
published, concedng sundry reforms in the
Lombardo- Venetian provinces.
| Turkey.
Fresh dispatches modify very much the
grave character of those which announced
the attack on the Montenegrins by the Turks.
The affair was only one of outposts. the res
possibility of which cannot be fixed on any
superior Office. No serious representations on
the subject have been made to Turkey.
Two hundred people, implicated in the
Jeddah massacre, have been arrested. The
PORE had addressed a remonstrance to Sir ii.
Bulwer, respecting the continued re-occupa-
ton of Perrin.
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