Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-16
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Foreign News.

here at half-past seventhis morning. Among
the messengers are, His Exoellency the Right
. Honorable the Elrl Of Mulgrave, the newly
a,noipt.d Governor OF Nvya Scotia, his fam
lily and suite.
The Niagara experienced heavy weather
during the whole passage. She reports pat
sirc on the ooh. the American ships Henry
CLAY. and Ann Hooper, the barque States
man Of Yarmouth, bound into Liverpool; pass
ei the steamship Arricu from New York, > a.
uar, %. If Holyhead, at e PM. On the 1l-t'
the American ship B~eDares, off hinsale.
The Collins steamship Bate from New
York. arrived at Liverpool, on the 18th ut
at | P. NJ. The propeller New York, also
from New York, arrived at Greenock the
same afternoon.
GREAT BRITAIS.- Parliament would assem-
bic on tue 4;h Of February. Lord Palmer
ston had as usual issued a circular soliciting
the early attendance Of the supporters ct the
Government, as affairs OF considerable Im-
uoItance will come under discussion.
A numerous deputation had waited on
Lord Palmerstvn, to urge the immcd ate ab,il'
Ion Of the church rates. They met with
such lukewarm encouragement that they
adopted an indignant resolution, and pledged
themselves to press forward au independent
bill on the subject.
Prince Frederick William, Of Prussia, had
been invested with the order Of the q srter.
The LevIatran bad been pushed twenty
FIVE feet off the end Of the launching ways,
and her cradles were being removed. She
had over seventeen feet Of water under her,
and was expected to float on the Both or
3lst.
A resolution pending before the general
court of Directors of the asst India C0mps,
uy, deprecating the proposed change IN the
government of India, was carried by an al
most unanimous vote.
The London Advertiser asserts that the
Indian bill will not be near 80 sweeping as
is generally believed, and was at first intend
ed. The ministers will consent to a mod II
c.tion in the measure ofits progress through
Parliament, aud it will Dot pass this year; II
Mt withdrawn it will be shelved at the end
Of the session.
Heavy drafts of troops were under orders
to sail f,r ludia.
The Bank of England reduced the rate OF
discount on the 2J.h to four per cent. The
reduction had little or no effect on the money
market or stock exchange. The London
Times remarks on the subject, that there is
a prospec, that the tendency for a considsrs,
Die period, may be towards increased ease in
the money market. For the last week or
two applications at theban k for discount have
almost entirely ceased. They are still likely
10 be ouly of a moderate character, since the
minimum rate in the open market has for
some DAYS not been higher than three per
cent, while 10 the stock exchange the supply
is abundant at two per ceut. The interest
on deposits allowed by the discount houses
has been reduced to q per cent.
The Daily News says that some persons
are disposed to look for a further reduction
il the bank minimum.
INDIA-The corres pondence from Calcutta
to December 9th adds nothing Of importance
to the telegraphic dispatches which antic;-
patei the mail. The Times correspondence
gives a very circur. stantisl account OF the
WYndham affair, but the main facts do not
differ from those already before the public.
The scenes after Wyndham's defeat are said
to have been fearful. The hospitals were
crowded to suffJcatiOn. The enemy directed
their fire s~pirally upon Wyudham's forces,
throwing them into the greatest confusion +;
and it was not till Sir Colin Campbell re-
turned, aud with a dozen naughty words
brought every man TO his place, that order
was restored.
LONDON, FRIDAY NIGHT-The Government
has received II telegram from Malta announc-
ing the arrival of the bombay mail of Janu-
airy ODD, at Suez. The news is of little ill.,
pore at last advices, but was shortly expected
to move westward with a powerful force. Sir
James Outram, at Aiumbagh. attacked and
defeated the enemy on the 22d December,