Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-04-13
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the City of Baltimore.
CONTINUATION OF WARLIKEP PREP.
ARATIONS.

New York, April 12-The steamship City
of Baltimore, from Liverpool March 30, arriv-
ed here about 4 o'clock this morning. Her
dates are four days later than those received
by the Canada.
Liverpool March 29.-Cotton closed quiet
but steady Sales for three days $1,000 bales !;
middling Orleans 7sc. middling uplands &c.
Breadstufs dull and dropping yellow cord Id
lower. Provisions dull and unchanged. Con-
soils steady at $50 955E.
Count Cavour continued at Paris, havi ng
frequent interviews with the Emperor.
The Paris Bourse was depressed. Threes
closed at 68f. 10c. Reports of pending
French loan are supposed to have some intiu-
ence in the depression.
The reform debate in Parliament progressed
nightly, and the vote would be taken on the
31st The ministers staked their fate on the
issue. The liberal journals considered the
success of their resolution as certain.
The Marquis of Waterford was killed Tues
day evening, while hunting.
The Danubian Conference was expected to
assemble during the week.
The Calcutta mail of Feb % had been tele-
graphed, but the news was unimportant
Lord Elgin was preparing an expedition to
go up Pearl River,
The meeting of the new European Congress
has been fixed for the 1st of May, probably at
Baden 1t will be attended by five Cabinet
Ministers, viz: Malmesbury, from England !;
Walewski, from France; Gotchakof from
Russia, Buol, from Austria; and Schemit,
from Prussia. The Italian States will be ind-
rectly represented The English government
Is said to have given its consent for the admis-
sion of Sardinia. Also, that Lord Cowley will
assist Malmesbury, and NJ Drouyn De Hugs
will act as second TO Walewski.
The Vipnno raSOnn1apt Of tba nd
Times says that although Austria consents to
attend the Congress, she has no belief that
peace will be maintained, and therefore contin-
ues her ornaments.
The latest advices are that while Piedmont
will have seat in Congress, she will not have
vote, and that other Italian States will be ad-
United on the same conditions.
Paris letter writers state that ornaments
were going on i'll France without relaxation.
The government had also decided upon adding
fourth battalion to each of the regiments of
the line.
Turin letters say that the projected Congress
had proved a grevious shock to the war party
Orders for preparing barracks for troops had
been countermanded.
Count Cavour writes to the Sandman AM
bassador at London, in reply to question
propounded by the British government, that
it will be impossible for Sardinia to remain de-
fenseless in the face of the provoking and
armed attitude of Austria.
1t is computed that by the close of March,
Austria will have i'll Lombardy seventy battal-
ions infantry, which added to artillery, cava-
ry, engineers, &C., would make her army in
Italy number about 220,090 strong.
Letters from Placenza announces that l 200
Austrians, with cannon and other war NUM-
tions has arrived there. The church had been
converted into a flour magazine Warlike
preparations were also going actively forward
in other portions of Italy.
Great Britain.
In the House of Lords, on Monday, Earl
Malmesbury, in reply to Earl Clarendon, made
a long explanation touching Lord Cowley's
mission and the proposed Congress.
He said the composition of the Congress had
not been decided upon, although he had no
doubt it soon would be. Government were de-
sirous that every one of the Italian States
should be represented. In the meantime al
though no actual disagreement had taken
place, both Austria and Piedmont had formal
ly declared they would not attack one another.
There was reason to hope, therefore, that
peace would not be broken, and that the Con
gress would reach the result which all Europe
desired.
India and China.
The mails from Calcutta of Feb 25, and
Hong Kong Feb Is, arrived at Alexandria on
the Dist of March.
Lord Elgin had left Canton, and was prepar
ing an expedition for the exploration of the
Pearl River
The government telegram from India states
that tranquility continued to prevail through
out Dude, and the disarming of the Prince pro-
crossed rapidly. Up to the 18th of February
378 cannon and $4,000 arms of all kinds had
been collected, while 1856 forts had been entire
ly levelled. The Begun and the Nanai were
still in the Nepaul territory. The rebels in
Central India, under Tantia Topee, were re-
ported to be making for Pertabyhur.