New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-05
Particulars of Foreign News.
Advices by the Africa are to the 1eth ult. from
Liverpool. We extract the following intelligence
PEI STEAMSHIP AFRICA


Advices by the Africa are to the 1sth ult. from
Liverpool. We extract the following intelligence
The Congress.
Inc Dresden Journal alleges its acquaintance with
me act that, according to recent counteHproposaI
FRANCE which is also said TO be seconded in other
qnaIers the Congress would assemble on the 23d Of
APsa, a. karlsruhe, and would commence operations
~ resoivlng on general disarming.
Inc Paris Pays persists IN stating that the Con-
gfess would assemble before the Goth Of APRIL
me London Daily News says It il just possible that
avs,tn - may prepare and emoitter instead Of
The Paris Pat,se, IN reference 10 the proposed nm
eraI olsament persists in repeating that this i1ea-
ees s1sod E. Fnss France cannot b
send back single cannon q her arsenals. ' ''' Y
Great BrisaIn.
II was intended that Parliament sbouId he mn.
rogued on the 18th and dissolved on me 2Ias 4nr.
in which case the borough elections World tsse nia
the 9th April, and those for he counties % ~
I'd of May. N ''e
The missing part Of the crew Of he wrecked nm.
boat had been saved, and 81 the Survivors
had reached England in the steamer u Plata n
the whole crew, only three were lost.
The Brighton Examiner says "The following Gem
munication, addressed to some days ago. IS youch
ed for by the name and address Of the gentleman who
sent it: SS7g9s
"a duel was fought on the Downs, near leighton
yesterday morning, between young American gen.
teman (for the past year residing in Brighton) and
nussidu Olcer, taCely GtLQche In the legation At
Washington. The result may interest one 81 two of
your readers who were present when the challenge
sent by the fofmer-was provoked. After one in
etleetual fire. he was shot 10 the pistol-hand when
mitted." e - - -
Mr.. Reed, late American Minister to China. had
arrived in London. =.
Lord Shaftesbury, in q letter to the Times oives
an account Of the operations Of the Neapolitan Exile
COMMITTEE. De says thirty Of the exiles hsee A.
ready ieft and arrangement ts in progress Tor the
departure OF nearly oil the others. BE points ont
what yet remains to be done for these eneebled -
long years Of imprisonment and speaks in the hei,
est terms Of the whole body. 7s17'sszss
Judge Halliburton, OF Nova Scotia, (sam Slick,
has been knighted. -
According to the Paris correspondent of the Lon-
don Times, month or six weeks more would be re-
qnred before France would be fully equipped to take
the field He says great surprise expressed that
Austria, with such overwhelming forces in Lomba1dy
as would enable her to open the campaign at once,
should make concessions If she thought ct, she
could crush the Sandman army ut blow fall back
within her own frontier, and then confidently await
the French. "a ~ - s.
All the French naval officers on leave Of absence
had been ordered to join their ships Immediately.
Mercantile letters from MarseilIes state that war
like materials and provisions were accommodating at
that port to an alarming extent.
The correspondent of the Daily News reports that
Lord Cowley and Count Walewski, after q long dis
CUSTOM separated with the conviction that very ser
GUS differences of opinion exist between the Govern
ments OF France and England.
The Journal de Cherb0urg announces that orders
had been received there to prepare nine gun-boats
for active SERVICE without delay. They intended
for the Adriatic. 7
La France Centrale is permitted to announce that
posed as follows: The Emperor, Gommander,in-
Chief; Gen. Canrobert Major General Gen. Neil.
Gen. de Service !; Gen. Deboeuf, Commander Of Az
tillery; Gen. de Martinprez, Chief of the Staff
Austria,
The Archduke Albrecht had been sent by the Ans
TRAN government on special mission to Berlin.
Austria was willing to make important concessions
to Prussia in certain matters in dispute and it was
CONSIDERED highly probable thata perfect understand
ing would soon be established between the two
powers. -
Warlike preparations continued to be made by
some OF the smaller German States. The Bavarian
army mad been placed on war footing.
Italy.
letter from Naples says that the political prison.
ers whose fate was determined by the decree of the
18th ult, had received passports for the United
States. Longo and Deli Franci so long immured in
Geta, are among them. The formers passport il
signed for New York via Liverpool !, and that Of
Deli Franci. g New York via Malta
Sir Moses Montefore had arrived at Rome with
petition from the Jews Of England and America, in
Twentyone shocks Of earthquake were felt at 81.
emma on the 18th, but no accident happened.
The Latest by the Circasslan.
The following is the latest news by the steamer
Circassian =
BERLIN, April ia dispatch from st. Peters.
burgh, dated the 14th announces that in couse-
quence OF q victory gained by Gen. Wraugel two
thousand Circassians had come into the Russian
camp. At Weden, the Crcassans continued to come
in.
The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing on
Thursday. describes the aspect Of affairs 80 sonbre
as to Justify the remuneration of all hopes of peace
Five thousand more troops have arrived in Mafseles
from Algeria.
The Time assumes, matter of course that the
people of Rochdale will return Mr.. Golden to Parla-
ment, and both applauds their choice, and thinks
them honored in securing such representative.
The Times also devotes leading article to the career
of Mr.. Golden as public man, and gives full re-
port of the speech of Mr.. Bright at Rochdale sup-
porting Mr.. Cobdens nomination. -
At Bow street Police Court yesterday the case OF
Mr. Henry j. David, late of New York, was again
brought forward. He had been charged with for
gerry, kept in prison several weeks, and then dis
charged in consequence of the nonappearance Of
the prosecutor. The magistrate said the statement
went to show that Mr. David was charged with
forging his own name. A genteman's character
might be seriously affected by such proceedings and
the extradon act be used to inlict great hardstps
but 1t was not in the magistrates power to afford him
redress.
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