The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-04-16
Ercll Europe.

New ork, April T.
The steamer City of Baltimore. from
. Liverpool March ~, arrived at o'clock
this morning
...ere was less confidence at Paris
Vienna, and Turin. where warlike prcpa-a
tons continued
Count Cavour continued at Paris, having
frequent interviews with the Empero,
Paris Bourse was dispe,sed-j closed
6>t Zoe, Reports Of the pending French
loan was supposed TO have some influence
II the depression
The reform debate in Parliament pro
crossed nightly. The vote is 10 be taken
on the oist Minister stake their fate on
the Issue, Liberal journals consider their
resignation certain
Danubian conference was expected TO
assemble during the week The busi,le,,
will lie disclosed of III two sittings. all
powers having agleed 10 recognize Cause
is elected
Hong Kong dates are 10 February b
AT Shanghai, teas firm
Loid tlgln has prepared an expedition
up Pearl river.
The meeting of the new European Con
gI'eSs has been fixed for the Isl OF May
probably at Baden. 1t will be attended
bj five Cabinet ministers, viz, Malmsbur-
~, Tor England; Walew-ki. for France
Gor,tehikotf, for Russia: Buol for Austria
and Schl!ened, for Prussia The Italian
States VIII be indirectly represented
The English government Is said to have
given it, consent 10 the admission OF Sar-
dina; also that Lord Cowiey Will assist
Ealmsbury. J. NJ Brou-n De l. IIoys will
act as second to Walewski
The Vienna correspondent of the Lon
nos air oh An. t,iac
scnts TO attend the congress, she has no
belief that peace viii be maintained, and
Therefore continues her ornaments
The latest reports are, that White Pied
mont will have a seat III the congress, she
Will not have vote, and that the Italian
States VIII be admitted on TIE same con
ditien.
The announcement of the Congress had
not produced any Improvement i'll the I'M
provenent of the general trade OF France
All the material recently prepared, such
as artillery, proIectiles, clothing, tents. &c,
were TO be stored at Lyons and M-,rseilles-
ParIs letter writers state that arlnainents
We're going on i'll France without relaya-
ton. Government had also decided upon
adding "A fifth battalion 10 each IJJ re-;-
ments OF the line
Turin letters say the projected Congress
't'' tiC'N' a. -iiN'ctS cilo' ~ tit' war
party. Orders for preparing barracks ior
troops have been countermandcd
Count CayCur writes 10 the Sardn.an
ali ba '~ador in London. i'll reply to a que--
ton proroundcd by the British .oycln-
ment, that it viii Le impossible for Sardi-
iii. TO remain def.ncc.e,5 i'll the prov okiug
and aimed attitude OF Austria
1t is computed that by the close of March
Austria would have in Lombariy 40 bat
talions Of infantry, which, added To artil-
lery, cavalry, engineers, &c, make her
army i'll Italy number 10000
Letters from Placenza announce that
.2u0 Austrians, with 30 cannon and other
war munitions, had arrived there The
church had been converted into a -four
magazine. Wallike preparations We're also
going actively torwasd in other portions OF
Italy.
1t was rumored i'll Paris. on the 2Sth,
that collision had actually taken place
between an Austrian detachment and some
recruits VINO wished to escapse the carvile;
Que killed and several wounded.
GREAT BRlTAIN.-1n the House of Lords
on Monday, Earl Malmsbury in reply to
the Earl Clarendon made lon. eXplana-
ton touching Lord Cowley's mission and
the proposed Congress He said the COM
position of the Congress had not been de
cided on, although he had no doubt it
soon would be.