Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-22
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Arrival Of lho Africa.

pool at about one o clock on the afternoon OF
Saturday, Feb. 6. arrived here last night.
The ship John Bright, which left New York
on the 10th Of January, arrived at Liverpool
on the 9Th of February, thus making the pas
sage fin seventeen days. The ship Plutarch
also arrived out in nineteen days.
Great Britain.
Parliament re. assembled Feb. 4. In the
House Of Lords bill for the amendment of
| the la " of libel was read first time. One of
the clauses gives defence to all aetions for
faithful accounts of public meetings Earl
Grey gave notice of his intention to present a
! petition from the East India Company, against
any alteration in their constitution, and Lord
| Panmure gave notice of a vote Of thanks to
the army and navy for their operations in In
dia. A general debate then took place, in the
course OF which Lord Derby after referring
to the still threatening aspect of affairs in In
dia, spoke at some length upon the recent at
tempt on the life of Emperor Napoleon, aud
hoped the government would take early steps
for the disbursement of the minds of the
French people as to the refugees in England.
Earl Granville said that notice had already
been given in the House of Commons, of
measure which he had no doubt would meet
the question of the residence of political retu-
gees in England, with safety to the lives Of
foreign soyereigns. Lord Panmure said that
that troops we're sent to India at the rate of
one thousand a month also, that instruc-
tons had been sent to the Colonies, author
izing the enlistment of all British subjects
who might volunteer.
In the House of Commons. Lord Palmer
ston gave notice of vote to the army in In
dia, and also that it was his intention on the
Sth, to ask leave to bring in a bill to amend
the law relating to conspiracies to commit
murder. This is the measure to meet the raj
ugee question. MIR. Roebuek gave notice of
his intention to question Lord Palmerston
with regard to any correspondence that might
| have passed with the government of France
in regard to alien acts. He likewise gave no
tiee that he intended to renew his motion for
the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ire
land. A motion for select committee to in
| quire into the transmission of troops to India,
| was agreed to.
| On the evening of the 9th, in the House Of
/ Lords, Lord Clarendon announced the deter
mination of the French government to pre-
/ vent French consnls from issuing passports to
British subjects approved of the correspond.
j ence, and stated that the British government
intended to invite other governments to aban-
don the system Of passports altogether
| A congratulatory address to the Queen on the
marriage of the Princess Royal was voted
/
for sholishing imprisonment for debt.
/ In the House Of Commons an address to
the Queen on the marriage of the Princess,
| was agreed to. Mr.. Roebuck asked Lord
| PalmeTston whether there had been any com.
munFcation between the government of Eng
land and France respecting the Alien act or
| any alterations on the criminal code of Eng
land. He spoke with much bitterness against
the Emperor of the French. and against the
! position taken ~ Counts DeMorny and Per-
signy, and the address of the French army in
| regard to the recent attempted assassination
| of the Emperor Lord Palmerston said in
reply that dispatch had been addressed by
| the Foreign Minister of France to the French
ambassador in London upon the late transact
tions in Pars and conveying the wish of the
! French government that the British govern
ment should take such measured in conse-
quence that they in their wisdom might see
mt, but not pointing out any measures what
ever. The French Minister simply left the
case to the British government. No reply
4 had been made to the dispatch of the British
government. He condemned the intemper-
ate language of Mr.. Roebuck and repealed
his charges against the French ambassador.
A resolution was adopted comforting pensions
of $1,000 a year each TO the widows OF the
late Sir Henry Hayelock and the present Bar
onet. After some discussion, leave was given
to bring in a bill to allow the East India
Company to raise money in England on de-
bentures the power to continue in force till
| the end of the session of 1859 and the
amount to be restricted to 100000, 900. Lord
! Palmerston gave notice that on the 18th inst.
he intended to move for leave to bring in
bill to amend the government of India.
The French ambassador had given notice
that the French consular officers of Great
Britain would no longer grant passports to
other than subjects of France, and modif-
cation of the English passport system had
been adopted to suit the exigency.
The sea serpent had turned up again, hav-
ing been seen by the officers and crew of the
ship Castlisn, off st. Helena on the 18th of
December last as circumstantially detailed by
them in a communication to the British board
Of trade.
The town council of Cambridge had de-
cided by the casting vote of the Mayor, that
it was inexpedent to send congratul atory
address to the Emperor Napoleon. The
grounds taken by the opponents of the prop.
esition being the offensive address of the army
and the speeches of the Counts DeMorny and
Persigny.
France.
Letters from Paris enter at length into the
details of the new penal law, the provisions
of which we're received by the Baltic.
1t is said that the city of Paris was about to
raise a loan for sum equal to four millions
sterling.
The Monitew publishes decree of the En-
porer, investing Prince Jerome Napoleon with
the right of attending the meetings of the
Council of State, and presiding over the same
in the absence Of the Emperor.
TWAS thought that the stringeney Of the
new penal law would undergo material modi.
hcation before its final enactment, owing to
the opposition Of the Emperor to severe OF re-
pressive measures. The law, as proposed, en-
countered strenuous opposition ia the council
Of State, and only passed that body by ma
jority Of four.
The latest addresses from the army were
marked BY a less hostile spirit, SO far as Eng
land is concerned.
Lord Cowley, the British ambassador, was
on visit to London, and a rumor was busy
as to the object in view. One report was,
that he would not return to his office at the
Imperial Court.
La Presse made it's temperance on the
4th, after its two months suspension.
The three per cents closed ON the 9th at 60
65.