Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-04-17
THREE DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE
Arrival of the s,en mshsp Africa.

The British steamship Africa, from Liver.
pool Sd inst, arrived at New York Friday
morning. Her dates are three days later than
those already received.
The political and general news by this ar
rival, is unimportant. Politics and commerce
were dull during the Easter holidays.
The india loan Go, OO0, OU0) was all bid
for, except 1900 900, at 81 to l02, averaging
about 50, which was the quotation on
Change.
Fears are entertained for the safety of the
African mail steamer Gambia. nearly q month
overdue in England
The relations between France and Switzer.
land continue unsatisfactory, giving rise to
uneasiness. The Paris Bourse has lost its
buoyancy, and daily decline is being ex.
perienced.
Spain is sending reinforcements to the Gulf
of Mexico.
New measures of public safety are being
organized at Naples.
The Bank of Holland has reduced its rate
of discount to three and half per cent.
The Porte is said to have rejected the de-
msnd OF France for the authorization of a
canal through the Isthmus of Suez.
1t is intended the niagara and Agamem-
non, which are expected to be completely
ready by the end of May, SHALL before com
mencihg to lay the cable, proceed TO sea, and
in the deep water about three hundred miles
from the Irish coast, rehearse series of ex :
periments in paying out and hauling in, and
put to practical trial several suggestions
and appliances that have been proposed by
various ingenious persons. The two ships
Will then return to England and report pro-
gress, and should the experiments show that
improvement or alteration is desirable, there
will be time to get it effected so as to enable
the expedition to make their final start at the
most favorable time of the year.
Admiralty Instructions had been received
at Woolwich, directing the necessary prepa-
rations to be made for the immediate com
mission Of the paddle wheel steam sloop Cor.
gon, to be employed with the Agamemnon in
paying out the telegraph cable
The official revenue returns for the quarter
ending March l, show decrease of $3.50
900 compared with the corresponding quarter
last year, and the figures for the year ending
March 3lst, exhibit falling off of "a, 452,-
900. The deficiency mainly occurs in the
revenue derived from the property tax, and is
accounted for by the abatement of the war
tax.
A vessel had arrived at Liverpool with the
first cargo OF produce from the river Niger.
1t was rumored in England that the Levia-
than is for sale i'll its present incomplete state
France.
1t is stated that it has been earnestly recon.
mended to the government to further reduce
the army, and especially to reduce the Impe.
rial Guard, and it is thought the recommend
alton will have to be carried out.
The municipality of Paris was about to
commence series of public works, which
will cost nearly 100, 000, 900 francs. OF this
the government is to contribute 60 GOO. 900.
The Paris Bourse. had experienced relapse
from the late buoyancy, and the fund showed
daily decline In prices.
1t was said that several of the Crimean
Generals would accompany PelIssier to Lon
don, for the purpose of being presented to
the Queen.
A new secret society, called the 'Icarians.
had been discovered at Troyes. Eight of it's
chiefs had been tried and sentenced to fines
and imprisonment for various terms.
Austria.
A Vienna letter states that the publication
in the Paris Moniteur of parts of the cores
pondence OF Napoleon l. has given such great
offence to the Emperor of Austria, that he has
directed the Austrian Minister in Paris to ask
Count Walewsk for an explanation.
Az Ns"et" correspondent says M,
Murmann, the cashier, who not long since
robbsd the bank OF 65 ,006 iiorns has written
to announce that he has put himself under
the protection of the stGrs and stripes, at New
York.
Russia.
AT the opening of the meeting Of the Com
mttee Of the Nobility for regulating the
emancipation of the seris, Gen. M6uraviefT
addressed them. He referred to the impor-
lance of the assembly, on which rested the
hope Of the sovereign and the expectations
Of twenty-five millions of people, and ex.
horted the people not to prefer their material
interests TO the welfare Of the millions of HUI
man beings whom chance had placed in de-
pendence upon them.
DISASTROUS EFFEoTs OF THE FLOOD ON THE
MISSISSIPPI. New York; April l6.-A gem
tleman who arrived here yesterday direct from
New Orleans via the Mississippi and Mem.
phis, gives deplorable account of the de-
struction Of property. The river had nearly
covered the country on both sides, from l ak
Providence to Memphis. People have sought
refuge In the upper stories OF houses boats
we're passing from village to village filled with
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