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

Foreign News.
The Cunard steamship Arabia arrived at New Yorl
on the 7th inst, and brings the following news:
The mail from Bombay Celegraphic anticipations O
which we're brought out by the Canada) conveys littl'
more than q confirmation Of previous advices 1t wa
generally argued By the English papers that the sup
preston Of the rebellion in Dude would entail a seriou
reiRforcenaents.
The Furruckabad rebels had been completely defeate'
and dispersed after two engagements. Their guns wer.
al captured.
The Government dispatch reports the defeat Of tn.
insurgents at two or three points BY q small force from
Delhi, under Col. Seaton.
Passenger 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 a similar one from the American
Commodore was accepted.
Dates from Hong Kong, to the 18th December, had
been received by telegraph.
The Island Of Donas, 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 Eog.
land.
The Court Of Directors of the East India Company
had drawn up = lengthy petition to Parliament against
the transfer Of the Government Of India to the English
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 Havelock, and bis (the Generals }
widow had been officially declared entitled to all the
honors which she would have enjoyed had her husband
survived. - .
The statistic. of employment at Manchester and ip
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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 j,urnals had joined ia the cry for the ex-
pulsion Of the conspirators from Europe, AID the Paris
correspondent Of the 7;ses says it was positively stated
that ). communications had been made BY the French
Minister in London to the English Government de-
masding tho expulsion from England Of Eve political
refugees-one 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
was at first supposed. E The humber Of persons more or
less wounded tell little if any short of ore hnudrsd apd
Fifty, aud six had died Of the injuries they had sustaineds
The p~rojectiles employed we're Of the most tormidsbls
kind, aad i is said that not less than twenty Of them
were meant tot used. Five minutes previous to the
explosions, an Italian named Pierri, who vas expelled
from France in 1882, was recognised by the police spd
arrested. r He was armed with y six barreled revolver
and u dagger. and was the bearer If . bomb similar to
those exploded Count UEsInl, who was arrested at his
lodgings upon information given BY his servant, is said
to have confessed that he threw one Of the bombs.
Thee parties, apd two others named Comes and d.
Silva alias kudio, also in custody, ape snppose4S 70 be
the chiefs in the affair. A police officer from London
had arrived in Paris for the purpose Of Identifying Pisrri
aRd Orsini as having been connected With the affair Of
Foschiui, who escaped from London some time since.
The Paris correspondent Of the London Adve.ti Or
says ths. a formal demand has been preferred upon the
British Government for the expulsion Of Victor Hugo,
Mazzini, Ledru Kolin and Louis Blanc from tie British
Territory.
1t is stated that Rudio, the youngest Of the Italian
prisoners, has revealed everything connected with the
plot to assassinate the Emperor. The trial will take
place about the 10th Of February.
The correspondent of the London Herald says that
on the 2lst ;pst., ~ persons were arrested in the gar.
dens Of the Tuillerics, each with a loaded revolver in
his pocket. t ri.
Accounts have reached Paris Ct the landing Of 200
Mazxinians at Ancons, 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 bet
ma pifeeted among the Africans on the Island, and an
attempt at tight 10 st. Lucia had been discovered on
o1s a she eststea