Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1859-02-19
Foreign News.

Halifax, Feb. Is.
The Anserico arrived last night, with
Liverpool dates to the 10Th ult.
Great -B,.itoin.-The approaching
session Of Parliament is looked forward
to with unusual interest, in hopes that
such explanations will be made as will
modify the existing suspense
is alleged that the English Govern
ment has completed a contract with
three large iron companies for supply
of 68-pounders, as fast as they can be
cast. An important contract for gum
powder has also been concluded.
A large portion Of the Red Sea tele-
graph cable has been shipped from Liv-
,erpool.
Er0ncc.-The Paris correspondent
of the Daily Neaos states that warlike
preparations are going on SO rapidly
that the breaking out Of hostilities would
seem not question of weeks, but days.
The demand for cavalry is SO urgent
that orders have been given to buy
horses nine years old.
Letters from Toulon state that sixty
two war transports are to be ready by
March lst. The supplemental surgeons
in the military hospitals at Paris and
Marseilles have been ordered to hold
themselves Ia readiness for actual ser
vice.
In the artillery, there are companies
III which fve-sixths of the men are ex-
cused from duty, because they are max
ing cartridges.
A letter from Grenoble speaks of the
continued arrival Of troops and forma-
ton Of corps darnaes on the Alps.
Three men-of- val left Toulon on the
2oth, for Genoa, shipped for the pur-
pose OF accompanying Prince Napoleon
and his bride to France.
Three ships of the line were under
orders At Cherbourg, to join the TX
perimentsI squadron on the Msdit-r-
raneon, as quick as possible.
The IMenitucs lie III ColonizatiDn con
tsias Ministerial decree Of Prince
Napoleon, dated Jan. 9th, by which al
recruiting of emf grants st the Eeastern
coast of Ati.ics and Madag ascar, Is
prohibited.
The Independent Belge asserts that
the English cabinet is making efforts
ut Paris as we'll as Vienna and Turin,
to effect = pacific arrangement offs exist
ing difficulties. 1t has been suggested
TO adopt the plan proposed by Austria
herself to Lord Palmerston i. 1913, By
which Lombardy would have obtained
separste and selfgov-rnment admin
istration, on constitutional principles
The French Government has given
favorable attention to the proposition.
The Pasis correspondent Of the Her.
aid, writing on the night of thu 9th,
says the opinion n0v la almost nniver-
AL in Paris that "A crisis has arrived III
the affairs of Europe, more momeutous
than any Which has arisen since the
wars of the first Emperor. Among the
lower classes the war feeling is stimr-
lated by the lie Pretse and lie Steele,
and it is daily growing more intense.
The latest correspondence OF the
Times say that contradictory facts and
rumors are still the order Of the day.
There are reports that it is upon ths
political attitude Of England that war
ia, in reality, dependant, and there is
also a report that Count do Persisny is
likely to go to England once more as
ambassador. 1Iisre-appointment would
be regarded as the sign ofpeace.
IrALY.-A letter in the Opineque, of
Turin, states that the Grand Duke of
Tuscany has refused tn accsds to Aus
tria request regarding the exchange
of Tuscan for Austrian troops.
The Times correspondent confirms
the reports of a notice having been ad-
dressed bv the British Government to
the Cabinet of Sardinia, couched in
very earnest terms, strongly deprecat-
ing the war policy.
The bullion in the Bank of England
had decreased to es,50o. Money
abundant at unchanged rates.