Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1859-04-30
Foreign News.

inst, arrived at Halifax at l 0 A. NJ. to
day. Her adyices are one week later.
and important.
The steamship Fulton, which left
Southampton on the 9Th, for n. Y,
took out the news that the English
Ministry had decided to dissolve Par
lament in view of their recent defeat
on the reform question.
No date had, however, been fixed
for carrying their resolve into effect up
to the sailing Of the Arabia.
The country was flooded with adj
dresses of members to their constitu-
tents.
The seven million pound sterling In
dla loan bill had been finally passed.
The Continental advices are very
warlrke and threatening.
The latest advices from Vienna say
the crisis is at hand.
Great bodies Of Austrian troops are
on the move for Italy There is also
great activity in the French MILITARY
preparations.
The Paris Bourse is very much de-
pressed
Lord Derby announced on the 4th
the intention to dissolve Parliament.-
He severely attacked Lord John Rus
sells course, and characterized Lord
Palmerston's recommendation that
Russelfs amendment be accepted by
the Ministers, as direct insult
On the 9Th, Palmerston defended
himself from the imputation cast upon
him by Ministers.
Sir. J. Packington replied, and re-
lterated the assertion that Palmerston
had made a direct threat that if the
Grown exercised its right to dissolve
Parliament the House might refuse the
supplies.
'Gn the 8th, i 'Israeli stated that it
was his intention to pay off 92, 100000
of Exchequer Bills fallin g due in May,
and he did not contemplate there would
be any necessity Of borrowing for that
purpose.
The trial Of the members of the
Phoanix Club at Belfast had resulted
III the disagreement and discharge Of
jury.
FRANCE.-The movement of troops
and war material in France continues
on a large scale The Paris correspon-
dent Of the London Herald says that
about %, 600 men are on their way to
reinforce the army of Lyons. The Pa
rls correspondent Of the Times writes
that the question Of peace or war is
still left to conjecture. Piedmont man.
ltests no intention of disarming, while
Austria insists on the step as prelim-
mary condition to-the Congress. The
feeling that war is inevitable, prevails
at the French Foreign Office, andfis
shared by some Of the highest fttnc-
tlonaries, Connt Cavour has reported
that he could at any time apply the
match to the material of confiagration
at his command, and fierce France to
join him.
The Daily Neys correspondent says:
Orders have been sent to Toulon, that
IS yesslcS which have been long pre-
pairing there, should be ready to put
to sea at q days notice, if required
Eight vessels lave also been ordered
at once from Brest to Toulon. All
Marseilles vessles in the Adriatic are
returning home, considering those wa
ters unsafe, and that freights at Trieste
were not to be had.
Advices from Milan state that the
following order Of the day was hoisted
in the barracks in that town: ''Austrian
Soldiers! the Emperor calls you around
his banners to beat down, for the third
time, the pride Of Piedmont, to expel
from their den those fanatics who de-
stloy the tranquility of Europe. Adj
vance against the enemy who have al
ways led before you. Remember the
victories Of 1913 and 1919. Remem-
Der, Navarro, where your foes were
dispersed and annihilatcd. Let our
watchword be, " Viya Emperor q
toeu"-Our rights forever.
The Vienna correspondent Of TIE
Times telegraphs from Vienna Friday
evening:
The long expected crisis is st hand.
A corps OF 900 goes from this city
to Italy to morrow, and the following
day another reserve corps Of 10000
men will be placed in Bohemia and
Moravia.
The reserve Of the army in Italy, and
and Of the corps about to leave this
city, have been called in.
SARDINIA.-The London Morning
Post publishes a long and important
memorandum printed by the Sandman
Government, to the Government, Of
Great Britain, On the condition of TIA
y. It is dated Turin, March lst, and
is an answer to interpretations Of the
English Government. 1t points oat
the.way by which the danger of war
and a revolution may be warded off,
and the Italian question temporarily
solved.
ITALY.--The correspondence Of the
| Times at Rome SAYS the general onin