The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-11
FOREIGN.
THE MAILS OF THE KANGAROO.

THE NAILS OF THE KANGAROO.
ENGLAND.
Prince Albert was to leave Osborne for the CONT
nent on Thursday, May 81 attended by Lieutenant
Colonel Ponsolby. He would proceed to Coburg on
visit to his brother, the reignng Duke, to meet
the Prince and Princess Frederick William, of
Prussia He expected to return on Monday, the
7th of June.
LORD Shaitcsbury, having been twitted and re-
preached good deal for having, as was believed
attended the famous Sunday meeting at Cam
Tlauge House, (the residence of his father-in-law
Eoro falmerston, )'and the Earl of Derby having
glanced at the rumOr in the House of Lords on
the i4th OF May, Lord Shaftesbury at last wrote
10 tne Ime' to say that he did not attend the
He stated, too, that the motive of tho Primo Min
ister, in charging him with hayiur attended a no
lltlcal meeting on the Sunday was so manifest that
he dld not interrupt him. and contradict the asser
hon: Hereupon Lord Derby takes up the pen, and
to the published report of his speech that he made
no allegation or statement; what he did saw was
IL do not know whether he attended it, but I nro
sumo he has communicated to him the result of that
Sunday meetings" and the Premier adds that in
his opinion Lord Shaftesbury would have acted
more wisely, and more courteously to the Peers if
he had contradicted the imputed allegation at once
andln the presence Of those who heard the precise
expressions used.
Now that the commotion about Enolish noIitics 10
over, for the present, at least. of the London
papers begin to talk mysterously of probable DIFF
erenccs on the continent; but these rumors seem to
be nothing more than stock-jobbing reports. 1t is
as little the interest as is the wish of England tina
a sanguinary should continue to rage between
the Turks and the Montencgrins and our Govern
ment Will therefore be much more likely to assist
than to oppose France in bringing the present
to close. The interest of Austria on whose from
tier the war is carried on, also is that the contest
should be brought to close soon as possible and
though Russia might desire that it should not only
continue but extend she has no power of carving
out her wishes.
The Dublin Freemans Journal announces the
death OF John OConnell, ESQ.,, somewhat unex-
pectedly, on Monday evening, May "a, at Kings
town, the cause being severe attack of bronchitis
contracted by sitting in a damp garden chair.
In letter from Constantinople are told that
the telegraphic news of Sir Henry Bulwer's an
pointment to succeed Lord Stratford as ambassador
to the Porte has occasoned very lively satisfaction
both to the Turkish Government and to the great
majority of the British colony, resident in and
around Constantinople
AT the present moment there are l73 petitions for
divorce, or for judicial separation pending in the
London Divorce Court.
FRANCE.
The PlcnipOtentiaries of France, Austria Great
Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, met
at Paris, on Saturday, the 22d May to discuss the
organization of the Danuban Principalities.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times states
that there is a great stagnatiOn OF trade at that
capital. The spring orders are on a very reduced
scale.
The French have at length adopted the word
which, after a long lexicographical struggle, has
now definitely taken its place in the English
language - telegram. The Presse publishes
teegrdHme from Lisbon giving the programme of
the live days fetes which to celebrate the arr
val of the Queen of Portugal in her husbands do
minOns
The Paris correspondent of the Times again crit-
cses at considerable length the reports of the Min
lister OF Finance, lately published in the Wonifemr
and quoting items not included in that report
maintains that, instead of large surplus in the
public revenue as put forth by the minister, there
is a considerable deficit.
The same writer says that the circular of the Min
lister OF the Interior, compelling the sale of the
landed and house property of hospitals and chari-
ties, has caused great ALARM and it is said that the
Council of State has loudly protested against it
In certain quarters, it is considered as contisca-
ton.
that all the English who shall establish themselves
on the French colony of New Caledonia shall enjoy
the same rights and advantages Frenchmcn.-
There is at present brisk trade established between
Sydney and New CaledOnia.-TiiRes.
The government of Algeria will be given to Prince
Napoleon on the terms he has demanded. namely
full powers to administer it without being under
the control of Minister in Paris. 1t is expected
that the Prince will sail for the seat of his govern
ment towards the beginning of July.
BY the existing army regulations the French
troops are required to wear shirts made of coarse
linen: but it has just been decided that they mav
they please, wear calico, as being healthy
in warm weather.
NJ. Tamberlik has definitely signed an engage
ment with the Grand Opera, Paris, for three
months, commencing at the close of the season at
st. Petersburg, in March next. His salary is fixed
at Il 900 sterling per month.
The EMPRESS AND HER PEARLS.-An alarm of a
most serious nature was spread throughout the Tu-
ileries on Monday. The Empress having expressed
her intention Of wearing the beautiful parure of
pearls at the ball given in honor of the Queen of
Holland, it was discovered, on opening the ecrin
which contains the necklace, that two of the pre-
cious gems were discOlored, and sickening of that
disease, the terror of jewellers and guardians of
crown jewels, the cure for or preventive of which
has yet to be discovered BY this disease the pearls
change color, then become scaly and finally crum-
Bile to powder. The malady is contagious, and if
the first pearl attacked be not removed, every one
confined in the same ecrin will soon be lost In the
present case, the separation of four of the diseased
pearls from the necklace was speedily resolved on
by Kramer, the court Jeweller, as the only means
of saving the rest.
General Concha has requested to be re ieved from
the governorship of Cuba, being affected with Sc
we're liver complaint.
NAPLES.
The equivocating answer which the Neapolitan
Government returned to Lord Malmesbury's demand
for compensation for Park and Watt was precisely
what had been foretold. Those who live on the spot
and had studied the character of King Ferdinand,
predicted that the demand would be refused-not
fatty and at once, but in such way as to gain time
and to entangle the British Government in a nero-
tiatiOn which might be prolonged or closed as con-
venience dictated. The Times, however, assumes
that the procrastinating reply is distinct refusal
and calls the British Government to treat it as
SUCH
The Paris correspondent of the Globe writes: 81
have seen letter from Naples, dated the 18th of
May. The writer has penetrated into Gaeta, and
he reports that the defensive works of that royal
lurking place are now in such n state of nexpugna-
BILE strength that a long blockade by land and sea
can alone reduce it. The batteries now mount 2 100
heavy guns of the longest range, and the various
excavated corridors in the rock are bomb b-proof-
Two English merchant ships had come into port,
and were discharging the Mole engines and screw
propeors for a couple Of frigates. The Bombay
navy is every day on theincrease and high rates
of pay given, there is abundant supply of
men and officers for any purpose of attack or de-
fence"
AUSTRIA.
The journals of Austrian Italy are Just now again
very violent respecting Piedmont. Both in Ven
ice and Milan the police show increased activity.
The Austrian Government have found after
great experience, that gunpowder for blasting is
preferable to gun cotton.
The victories which the Montenegrins recently
gained over the Turks have thrown the Christian
inhabitants of Modavia and W WaIlacha into a state
of excitement not easily curbed and raised in them
the inspiring hope that they are the eve Of
emancipation from Ottoman rule. A general rising
OF the Greek subjects of the Sultan is still spoken
of as not improbable event. The dream of
Greek empire to live in spite of all oppo-
siton, and in spite of European guarantees for the
integrity of the Turkish Empire. And it is likely
to do so, for between the Mussulman and the
Christian subjects Of the Porte there is the double
antagOnism of race and religion.
The Turkish Government is said to have consent
ed to settlement of the Montenegro affair in con-
sequence of dispatch from its ambassador in Paris
to Ali Pasha at Constantinople, informing him that
if the Porte did not arrange it France would form
ally recognize the independence of Montenegro
An agent from Prince Daniel is expected soon i'll
Paris on the same business.
INDIA.
The London Gazette contains various dispatches
from India, and the governor generals thanks to
the army on the retaking ofLucknow Six months
batta is awarded to every officer and man engaged
in the capture.