Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-09
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LATER FROM EUROPE:
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER CANADIAN

Farther Po,Nr, August I.
The Canadian from Liverpool 26th, via Lon.
dondery q. passed here at A, N.
GREAT BRITAIN
The parliamentary proceedings are unim.
portant.
proposition had been issued for new tel.
egraph COMPANY, which proposes to establish
. system on the penny postage principle, and
convey messages of twenty woris to any part
OF England. Scotland and Ireland at the uni.
form rate Of one shilling. An Influential direc.
tiQn had beed formed, with capital Of 9lOO.-
600. 1t Il proposed to work the line on
Aliens patent.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company announce
that the efforts made at Newfoundland to
restore the Atlantic cable has failed.
Mr.. Harley. the electrician, in his report
says by hard hauling pieces Of the cable were
raised in small lengths, amounting in all to
about seven miles, but the cable Invariably
broke at short distances, and it was necessary
at last to abandon the attempt The report
says the iron wires often appeared souni but
on minute inspection they were found ca en-
away and rotten. The gutta percha and cop
per wires we're as good when laid down =
Portions which we're wrapped with tarred
yarn we're sound-the tar and hemp having
preserved the iron wires bright and Tree from
rust.
The public income Of Great Britain for the
year ending June aDth was f7l,3l6OOO, and
the expenditures f7O,5O4 900.
The American horses at the GoodwOod races
were meeting with i'll success Mr.. Tenbroek'
Maggiore and Satellite ran second for the
Steward cup and Good wood stakes respect
lively. The Goodwood cup, for which Starke
was great favorite. was to be run for on the
afternoon the Canadian left Liverpool
The Prince Regent of Prussia arrived at TOP.
itz on the 25lh, and was received at the rail
way terminus by the Emperor Of Austria.
The Paris Pays gives report Of treaty
between Austria and Prussia, preceded by q
conference at Toplitz.
Lstters from Paris say that Lord Palmer.
ston's speech on England's national defences,
has created a great sensation. Some write err.
say that serious alarm was felt as to the
maintenance OF peace between the two ma.
Lions.
correspondent Of the London lie raid in
dulges in various warlike rumors, and states
that ali the naval officers furough had
been ordered to report themselves without de-
lay.
The naval reserve had been called out
the French fleet in the Mediterranean is to
be r. ised to twenty sail of the line
Military preparations g" on with Infisgging
activity for the Syrian expedition. which is
stated at $4,000 men. besides artillery and
cavalry.
NAPLES AND SICILY.
Nothing new has tran .pired relative to Gar.
ibaldis movements.
The King of Sardinia has received the Nea
politan Ambassador. NJ. Miloro. who COM
manded the Revolutionists in l649. but was
recently foreign interpreter at Queenstown
He has gone to join Garlbaldi.
A Turin dispatch Of the 26th says the miss
ion Of the Marquis de Ia Greica to Paris is 10
bring about compromise, by which the King
OF Naples would accept the result Of an univer-
sal suffrage in Sicily, should the western pow.
the main land, and prevent Garibaldi from
landing there.
RoAs-A letter from Rome says the Pope
had refused to adopt any of the measures
recommended by the French Ambassador, aud
declares that if these changes are forced On
h IN he will abandon his State.
Fears are entertained that Garibald: might
suddenly appear on the Papal territory.
sYkIA.
Advices from Syria are TO Jaly7 Nothing
fresh, but affairs were still seri1us
Two Sardinian war vessels had been sent
to the coast OF Syria
1t is reported that the Viceroy of Egypt
had placed his troops at the disposal OF the
Sultan, to punish the Druses.
Prussian letters say that great excitement
prevailed against the Turks on account of
the massacre
The Paris Institutional says the expedition
prepared by France will, as a matter OF Deces-
sity, be carried out. and an carry departure
may be expected. The part of France will be
that Of occupation rather than that Of inter-
vention.