The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-05-11
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LATER FROM EUROPE.

The steamer Anglo Saxon has arrived with Liy-
erpool dates to the 21st ult.
In the English House of Lords on the 18th the
opinion of the law officers of the crown the
CHILEAN seizure announced Two pronounce it
legal and one illegal. Under these circumstances
the government think any strong measures unde-
sirable at present.
The acquittal of Bernard caused great sensa-
ton in France. The Moniteur did not publish the
result when first received and several journals
confessed that they dared not publish the speech
of the prisoners counsel. Others gave garble ac-
counts of the affair. The Paris correspondent of
the Times says the Emperor and his advisers
do not regard the matter with Indifference, but no
exciting language will be employed by the French
press
LATER
The steamer Europa arrived on the 18th inst,
bringing advces from Liverpool to the 24th ult
The sales of cotton for the week amounted to
$4,000 bales. Fair advanced ] to cd; the low
qualities have advanced Sd-closing firm
Breadstuffs quiet. Corn advancing. Provisions
dull.
The work of persecution in France is going on
silently, but INCREASINGLY. Doomed prisoners are
continuing to reach Marselles every night from all
departmc1nts The arrests all predetermn-
ed. They took place simultaneously in all 1ocal-
ties few days before the PRONUNCIATION of the law
of public safety, from the old and recent lists of
names, merely marked with the word republican"
They are very numerous. The governor of Alge-
ria writes, urging for other places of confinement
being chosen AL iers alone has already 100
prisoners.
The ferocity in the execution of the orders is
rivalling the Syllan dcspotism of the measures.
II Lebrun, a notary at Charot, reimbursement
of Bourges department of the Cher, was arrested
at the end of his dinner Struck by the sudden
ness of the measure he was taken i'll. He was
fused all help and was brutally dragged into the
van. On the way, at ST. Florent, he implored for
medical man, and was equally refused. On
reaching the Maison Arret, at Bourges, his state
was such that the TAILOR declined to receive him.
He was taken to the hospital, where after he
died.
Jean Bartheix, inn-keeper, at Mazannet, depart
ment of the Tarn, seventy years DID, had been
transported to Cayenne in 1852, from WHENCE
three years after, he was removed to Algers. He
remained there until February, 1858. Being then
seized with severe complaint dwelling of the
liver) he obtained ticket Of leave for six months
and fastened home. Eight days after, he
rested, manaced, dragged from prison to prison to
Marseilles, where he is now in dying state and
without any medical hel }.
ITALY The conspiracy bill has been again
warmly debated in the Sandman Chambers of
Deputies. Count Cavour declared that the meas
ure was introduced irrespective of any external
pressure, and that the ministry had made it cabi-
net question.
PRuss1A.-The Chamber of Deputies had
agreed to the augmentation Of duty on beet root
sugar making it onc-torth instead Of one-itth of
thaer
RUssIA-All import and export duties arc to
be increased by FIVE kopecs ruble from July !,
the additional revenue to be employed on the from
tier railways.
ISD1A-The trial of the King of Delhi was con-
Il, IL l,,+ II,
known.
Nena Sahib was at Calpee preparing to pene-
trate the Deccan, in hopes Of being joined by the
Mahrattas The British would attack Calpe
The executions at Delhi and other cities con
tnued.
The news from Lucknow is to the 18th of
March. At that time the city entirel unoc-
cupied by the British troops. There is Of course
eXaggerations to the number of the enemy
The resistance was credtable to the rebels there
was fighting from the 9th to the 14th, perhaps to
the 18th, but on the 14th 'soldiers and civilians
poured out Of the city in torrent" They were
pursued by Gen. Franks with 10000 cavalry and
artillery, and doubt the fugitives have suffered
severely. Where the remnant had gone to was
not known, but there can be no doubt they will
not again offer any resistance.
The Leviathan will not be completed till Au-
tumn, VIXEN she will make several trips to Ameri-
And next Spring enter China and Australia
trade.
The Servian Ministry have resigned. The Eu-
ropean complications increasing.
Austria concentrating troops on the Sardn-
ion Frontier. Placentia had been placed in Il
State of seige. The difficulty with France and
Portugal relative to the seizure of French vessel
containing emigrants has been settled.>
A change in the Ministry of Portugal was ex-
pccted
According to a Madrid correspondent of the
New York Tribune, Democratic revolution is at
hand in Spain, the Of which is to establish
a republican government.
A letter from the correspondent of the Times in
China shows that up to the taking of Canton we
knew nothing of China, and that those who affected
to be informed knew no more than those who adj
mitted their ignorance
INTERESTING FROM MEXICO.
The steamship General Rusk, Captain Smith,
from BraZos, Santiago, with dates to the 24th April
arrived at New Orleans Wednesday last.