The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-17
1 III E DISPATCH.
THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY !; a.
FOREIGN NEWS ny THE An sui

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FOREIGN NEWS ny THE AMxRI
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TIE ITALiAN TRoUBL ES-IyARxyKr PIP,
| ARAT90NS IN FRANCE. d., dc.
The Liverpool mails, Of January Goth. brouy.
10 HALIFAX by the America, contains additiona
newsto that already received by telegraph:
GREAT BRITAIN.
lhe approaching opening uf Parliament Ia look
ed forward to with unuruai interest in bopes m =
such explanations will be made As will moditx ,h
existing suspense. u"
1t 10 alleged that the Rnglish Government hav
completed contract with three large iron com n.
| hies ior supply OF sixty. eight Founders as fas
| as they can be cast. An important contract "a,
| gunpowder has also been concluded
large portion of the Red Sea telearapbic c.h,,
has been shipped from Liverpool In the steamer,
Imperador aud Imperatrice
NUMBER OF forged bills of exchange to Isrx.
amount nave been successfully put into circnIs
tion in London. They purport TO be drawn bv m.
Barbadoes branch Of the Colonial Bank on the ma
rent establishment in London, and are an nnossd
10 nave been manufactured in New York.wbere
aHer hav'ng passed through good b ands thev war.
remitted to London to several Respectable Arm.
Tor collection. Those already presented M th
Colonial Bank amount TO about E9, ,O00and from, the
manner IN which they are numbered il in infer
forth. pu
The fluctuations in the stock exchange have
been slight. Very little business he'd been done
and the general tenor of the market was beavy
en the 18th the funds we're steady. potw Tristan
ing the ADVERSE reports from Paris ard the mar
ket closed firm. 'A"i
ine Times contains the following upon the taa
market: I'm consequence of intelligence from
ohlna conhrming the previous reports of short
supples, there was great excitement in the tea
markets, and considerable demand for most do
scriptions at higher prices. Some holaers withdrav
altogether. Satpetre las been active during ,h
week, aud extensive transactions have tsksn
piace-low to fine 39s. q 43s. per cwt Mora ,ha.
one-thrd of the stock in the port of Iondo, ha
changed hands. besides parcels sold afioat A con.
siderable part has been taken for the Sard;nia,,
susern'ient. Inc Iimes says great part of the
business done appears TO be speculative
The Earl of Ripon is dead, and Lord Goder;oh
succeeds to the peerage. ~"
FRANCE
The Paris correspondent of the Dai,y Ne,,sst.,s.
that wariike preparations going on 40 sctiva,s
that the breaking out of bostiltiies would 80!
not question of weeks, but days. The demand
for cavalry is so urgent that orders have basn
given to buy horses nine years old Letters fron,
Tonlon state that sixty-two war transnorts arc %
be ready by March 1. The supplemental surf-eons
in the military hospitals at Paris and Narcotics
are ordered 10 hold themselves in readiness for
active service. In the artillery there are comma
MES, in which five-sixths of the men are evcnsed
from regular duty, because they are making car.
II uteBOnie speaks of the ron-
tinued arrival of troops and formation of "corns
d'GrmGe' on the Alps, Three men of war lef,
Touion on the 26th for Genoa, supposed for The
purpose Of ofaccompaDylng Prince Napoleon and his
bride to France.
Three ships of the line were under or,Iers a.
Ch:rbourg tojoin he experimental squadron in the
Mediterranean, as quick as possible
The WoniteHr d. Ia Colonization contains q min.
sterial decree of Prince Napoleon dated .Jannarv
6, by which all recruiting of etnigrants at The
pazfn n AfTi and MI.
hibited.
The Independence Beige asserts that the Enolisb
Cabinet is making efforts Paris AS well as Wanna
and Turin, to effect pacific arrangement of ex
listing difficulties. 1t has been suggested 10 adont
the plan proposed by Austria herself To Lord
PalmerstoD in lSiS, by which Lombardy yonld
have obtained a separate and self-poyernipr od
ministration on constitutional principles. The
French government has given a favorable atten-
tion to the proposition. The Cabinet of Vienna
without committing itslf to auy definite course is
said to have been converted TO the idea OF a Euro,
pean Congress, though at first IL was decidedlv
hostile to snch "A plan. London, and NOT Paris. il
this time to be the place where the pleni,otep.
tiaries are TO meet. According to Paris CORES
poEdents of the Times and Herald, the prctsct of
whrdins off hostii'ies by convoking Congress is
considered nugatory.
The Paris correspondent of the Herald. writing
on the night OF the 9th, says:-"Tbe opinion is
now ainos. universal in Paris that a crises has
arrived ia the affairs OF Europe, more momep tous
than any which has arisen siuce the wars o the
first empire Among the lower classes the war
feeling is stimulated by Ls PresSe and lie Steele
aud is daily growing more intense
The latest correspondence of the Times saws
that contradictory facts aud rumors are still the
order of the day. There are reports that it is Oh
the political attitude Of England that war is in re
aiity dependent, and there is also a report that
Count de Persigny is likely to go to England once
more as Ambassador. His re.appointment wonic
be regarded as n sign of peace.
The Court OF Appeals of Paris has confirmed
the sentence Of imprisonment for three years and
Inc of 1000 francs passed on Prouhon. the so.
cialist, for tie sentiments contained in recent
work by him.
The Paris Bourse of the 10Th showed slight
recovery. On the y III it opened strong but after
considerable fluctuations closed heavy, at a de.
cline of i per cent. On the 2Sth an announce.
ment in LIE NOrd that the commander in
chief had been appointed to the piedmontes army
and q rumored insurrection at Ravenna increased
the fatness ct the Bourse, and the Reutes receded
20 6Sf. 45c. Towards the close, however, inside.
rahle improvement took place, and the last quo
tation was 6Sf. Soc. for money and 6sf 75c. for
account.
AUSTRIA.
The Daily News has the following:
We have received from Austria an account upon
which implicit reliance may be placed OF expires.
sions used by the Emperor of Austria in an inter-
view with the directors of the National Bank, on
Monday last. His Majesty declared that be could
count with certainty, in the case of need, upon
the strenuous support of the entire population of
Germany. bnt assured the deputation of his com.
pete confidence that an slnicable arrangement of
the present difficulty would be very speedily eff.
fectod. He added that he had Just received dis.
patches from Paris which greatly streng gthened
his conviction.
1t is stated that considerable agitation prevails
in Austrian Poland and Hungary. The Globes
Paris correspondent says that the fern entation in
Gailicia is such that eighty Thousand troops have
been concentrated along that frontier and Lem
berZ.
1t was reported that Austria and Russia appear
to be on better terms, and it is related that let.
ter from Alexander to the Emperor Francis joseph
has been received, which the latter considered
extremely satisfactory.
The pretensions of Napoleon to play the part of
European arbitrator, begins, it is supposed to be
regarded as somewhat dangerous.
ITALY.
letter in the Apinique, of Turin, states that
the Grand Duke of Tuscany has refused to accede
TO Austria's request, regarding the exchange of
Tuscan for Austrian troops.
1t had been officially announced to the Court of
Turin that the Prince of Wales would pay a visit
to the King of Sardinia in the spring.
The Tunes correspondent confirms the report of
a note having been addressed by the British go.
verpment TO the Cabinet of Sardinia. couched 10
very earnest terms, strongly deprecating the war
policy.
1t is stated that the Modenese government have
sent five hundred men and two pieces of artille-
ry to watch the Piedmontese frontier.
SPAIN.
The Spanish government suspeoting that pro-
jsct had been got up TO rescue the Neapolitan sx
lies on their trans.sbipment at Cadz for N. York,
took measures to prevent it.
NAPLES.
The King continued to improve in health.
PRUSSIA
The Princess Frederick William was safely lie.
liyeIsd of son Oh the 9th. The news Of the
ovent reached the Queen of England, at Windsor
Castle, in six minutes after it's occurrence in Der.
lin Demonstrations of rejoicing took place at
Windsor and at Berlin. The Regent and his con.
sort appeared on the balcony of the palace, amid
vociferous cheering, and thanked the populace for
their sympathy.
The English papers have congratulatory leaders
on the event as tending to strengthen the bonds
uniting England and Prussia, and thereby assist.
ing the peace Of Europe.