The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-13
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From this it appears that, while not wholly escap-
ing the appearance OF the fatal blight, 1t promises
in the aggregate to be most abundant one, and
likely to exceed by many degrees the return of last
year.
There are no further deaths reported in connec-
ton with the recent accident on the Oxford, Wor
cester and Wolverhampton Railway. Meantime,
the inquest is proceeding, and so far the evidence
seems rather unavorabe to the Company.
Count Persigny, at the opening of the Council
General of the Loire said that the interest of Eng
land since 1915, manifestly to be in alliance
with France. England had conquered the suprenl-
acy of the and of colonies and she sincerely
desired the friendship of France, to whom she had
once been so hostile. After the attempt assassi-
nate the Emperor, the English people unanimously
denounced the assassins. and felt a wrong the
utterances in Paris which declared England re-
sponsible Then came the passport question, and,
finally. the addresses of the army aggravated the
irritation. Nevertheless, the situation of the two
nations towards each other had not changed
England desires our friendship. The Emperor
and France depend upon us to maintain the good
feeling and alliance so advantageous to both coun-
tries.
The Paris correspondent of the Express saws, that
1T is curious fact, that Count de Persigny impor
tant speech, long Geographic summaries of which
appear in the Nord and Independence of Brussels is
| not so much as mentioned by any Paris morning
journal. The only evening paper which alludes to
it is the Courier de Paris and that quotes the first
part only, in which there is nothing about the Eng
fish alliance. The Inference therefore. is almost
irresistible that the journals must either have been
warned that the speech must not be circulated for
the present. that the instinct Of self preservation
told them that there was in it matter dangerous to
be published without the sanction of authority
NJ. de Persigny evidently stands forward as one of
the principal founders of the Empire, and certain
passages of his discourse open to the construc-
ton that he thinks his counses have not ALWAYS
been attended to as they ought to have heen In
portant as his speech is if we suppose it to have
| been composed in consultation with the Emperor
it is infinitely more so if it proceeds entirely from his
| own initiative.
It's now said the long continued drought in
France will seriously affect the harvest-in fact.
that the yield will this year be inferior in quantity
| as well as quality, even compared with wears
whose produce have been below the average.
1t is stated in the Brussels journals that twelve
French refugees have just been expelled from Bel
| GUM.
The Paris correspondent Of the Times asserts that
the administration of NJ. Delange has not realized
the expectation of fairness and moderation held out
at his advent to power. On the 30th of last month
twenty persons passed through Toulon on their
way to the dismal swamps of Cayenne. These poor
Wretches mad not been sentenced by any public
court; they were deported under the so called law
| OF public safety, after secret examination. Among
| the unfOrtunates was NJ. Delecluze project of the
| department of the Nord under the republic The
treatment of this gentlemen was cruel in the ex-
| IRENE.
The negotiations essayed in relation to the re-
| ligious faith required from the successor to the
Greek throne have not produced any result. The
| Greek Chambers remain infexibe in demanding a
|
| his spanish spouse refuse to relingush the Roman
| Catch0lic creed
The marriage of Marshal Pellissier continues to
occupy the fashionable world, and it is said that it
was for the purpose of signing the contract, that
the Emperor postponed his departure for Biarritz
It added that the marriage portion of Mad de
| Paniega. amounting to million, has been furn-
lshed by his Majesty; and that the trousseau will be
| furnished by the Empress. The marriage to
! take place on the Sth of September the annivcrsa-
nv of the taking of Malakof
The actions brought against Mr.. Dixon. one of
the Managing Directors of the Liverpool Borough
Bank, at the suit of Messrs. John Scott and Robert
Robinson. tried on the 26th ut. The plaintiffs
had purchased number of shares in the Borough
Bank, the faith of the representa- tions put forth
| in the annual report and at the annual meeting of
the Bank, that that institution in a sound and
| Ourshing condition. The plaintiffs averred that
this fraudulent representation, that the Bank
was in a state of insolvency at the time and that
they WERE therefore. entitled to the amount
of money they had invested in the concern, as Mr..
Joshua Dixon one of the Directors of the Bank.
| 1t was presumed that he must have known in what
state the affairs of the Bank were, and he was con
sequenty liable for the loss which the plaintiffs had
| sustained. Mr.. Edward James, Q. c., and Mr..
| Wilde, O. c., prosecuted, and the Attorney-Gener-
al defended. The trial lasted from O'Clock in the
morning until after o'clock in the evening, and
| the Jury returned q rerdict for the plaintiffs. The
| Court was crowded during the hearing of the case
with merchants, brokers, bankers, tradesmen and
others, who seemed to take an intense interest in
| the whole of the proceedings.
]. Advices from Constantinople to the 18th inst,
state that modification has taken place in the
| Turkish Ministry. Rcschid Pacha, who was Minis
ter of War during the Crimean war, has taken
office without portfolio. Ria Pacha. Minister OF
War, has also resumed the direction of the Ord
| nance Office. Other changes wore spoken of, in
said to have disclosed the state of the finances to
the Sultan, who bitterly reproached them with hay
ing concealed it from him long hence, probably,
| these impending changes.
priuriD1ljtipg vii he cd in sim
gle State, but to have constitutions identical,
each province having its own election assembly,
which will elect the Hospodars-Turkey having no
| more to do with these officials than to recognise
their election. The form of government is in fact,
species of republic founded on universal suffrage,
and Russia, by skillful interference, will, in all
probability, obtain such an influence with the ma
joriy in the two Election Assemblies to have the
| game quite in her own hands.
NJ. de Lesseps has been received by the Russian
authorities of Odessa with great enthusiasm. The
Russian government favors that gentleman's scheme
| for piercing the Isthmus of Suez.
The telegraphc announcement that a compre-
hensve financial reform has been resolved upon
at Constantinope is now confirmed by letters from
that capital The retrenchment will principally
take place with regard to the diplomatic service.
We have later intelligence from the Cape of Good
| Hope. The frontiers of the colony were tranquil
and Sir George Grey about to proceed to
mediate between the Doors and the native Chiefs
The Livingstone expedition had been heard Of
| 1t was forty miles up the Zambesi, and all WE'LL
Trade was dull at the Cape.
Paris letter SAYS that it is affirmed that the 80
000,000f. of indemnity to be paid by China to the Al
lies will be paid in English and French money, of
which the Emperor of China has got a quantity to
which he attaches no value it not being cur ent in
those parts and his ideas the subject of exchange
being very vague
Mr. Yates has been expelled from the Garrick
Club on the reouistion of Mr.. Thackerav, in conse
onance of tho b;orroTbr of tbo noTal;t' ,,;tt H.
| him in the Iorn Talk. 1t may nak taawever, be so
| generally known that Mr. Yates w>s sronpiv and
Vigorously defended by Mr.. C. Dickens. but his ex
| pulsion was voted by two-thirds of the members
who voted Mr.. Yates is about to try in a court
of law the right of A club to exnel a member who