The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-31
Rifbmunh qispatrt.
TUESDAY MORNING. JAN. 81, lseo.
GREAT BRITAIN.

The funeral Of Lord Macaulay took place at
w ~ minister Abbey on the 9Th instant. The
RENAME were inferred in the poets' corner, in
the midst Of many OF Engiand's most distin-
9uished authors. Among the pail hearers
were the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker Of the
House OF Commons, Lord John Russell, Earl
Carlisle &c. aud among those present were a
great number OF gentlemen Of emiDeDce. both
in politics and literature. The funeral was
essentially private. and although divested Of
All pomp and ceremony was very impressive.
Earl Clarendon had made q speech highly
| Gu uiogist tic Of the volunteer rifle movement
He decls red that the movement although in
| its infancy had produced most salutary ef-
| feet throughout Europe, and he believed that
| (, would ultimately render invasion impossi-
/ bic.
An election al Reading had resulted In the
| choice of another Jew, Mr. Goldsmith. as
member of Parliament.
Easlish papers had not said much in regard
| to the Presidents message, as the document
| only reached London the day before the steam
| er sailed, although brief telegraphic sum-
mary from Queenstown had been previously
published.
The Manchester Guardian does not approve
of the manner in which the President has
| treated the San Juan dispute. 1t thinks he
ough, to have explicitly dtsapproved Of Har-
ney's proceeding, although 1t regards the
| praise accorded 10 the British Admiral as by
| implicaton most severe ceEsure Of Har-
ney.
| Other prominent provincial journals some
what qualify the praise they accord the docu-
men,.
| The London Heralds city article remarks
| that the message in the financial aspect was
| not regarded as of a hopeful charact ter, espe-
ciaily in reference TO any deuciency which
| m ~ht lead to an increase IN import duties.
| FRANCE.
M. Thouvenel. the new foreign minister, was
| expecte to reach Paris about the 18th.
| Count I.ailemapd had bees appoin ted Charge
| d'Afairs cd inferum at Constantinople. He
was first Secretary under M. Thouvenel
In Paris the appointment of Mcmahon to
| the command of the army in Italy, mum bering
5o,oou men was regarded as a sign of warlike
complications.
| A chanel in connection with the English
| Church in Paris, after being opened for two
! wears had been suddenly closed by the French
! authorities, it was believed on account of \
short service having been given in French for
| the benefit of the children OF British subjects
| who do not understand English.
| The Paris flour market was dull, but prices
were not reduced. Wheat also was dull and
rather lower for inferior.
The Paris CORES pondent of the Times says
that company had been formed to carry out
NJ. BeIly's grant OF the Maritime Canal of Nj
caragua. The lands being dependent on the ca
nal, which form part OF the concession which
the canal company had obtained, Sicard Il Co.
propose 10 turn to account the metallic depos-
its the lands contain to cut down tim ber and
TO establish European colonies. They had al
ready sent to Nicaragua from Marseilles two
vessels with i3A persons, consisting of engi-
neers, chemists, and workmen of different
trades. twas also said that the company had
besides engaged a number of railway laborers
TO execute a railroad on the Isthmus of Rivas,
which separates Lake Nicaragua from the Pa
cific.
All sorts of reports were current as to the
relations of France and Rome. but they were
very contradictory and wholly unreliable.
The Paris BOurse had shown some improve
ment, but a relapse occurred on the 10Th, the
last price was SIS. 45d. The market again
showed symptoms Of Improvement at the
close.
SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
The following dispatches indicate the course
of events in Morocco according to the Spanish
accounts:
MADRID, Jan. 3.-The Spanish have advanced
on the road TO Tetuan without being attacked.
Gen. Zabaia had recovered from his Illness
The Spanish loss in the action at Castellogoes
was seventy three killed and forty -eght
wounded.
MADKiD, Jan. 5--Yesterday the Spanish
Were attacked in the Valley Negro by 1000
Moorish cavalry and 1000 infantry. They
We're dispersed by the Spaniards. who had
five killed aud nineteen wounded. The health
Of the troops at the encampment of Serallo is
improving.
MADRID, Jan. THE whole army encamped
this morning to the north of Negro Valley,
after having deiled through the passes with
ont opposition. In the course of the day a
council Of Generals was held to determine
upon Il plau OF operations. IL Is stated that
the army in Africa Will be considerably in
creased.
Dispatches dated Madrid, Jan. 9, report that
stormy weather had proven ted com tn nication
with the squadron. but the storm had abated.
and communication was re-. e.established. The
Spanish forces had again moved forward
ITALY.
The news of Count Walewski's resignation
the Pope He called together the principal
members of the Sacred College, and declared
to them that he would never fail in the mis-
sion which God had entrusted him with bu
that like his predecessor, Plus eth, he would
suffer exile, and even martyrdom, rather than
do so.
IL is said that France support. the protest
OF Piedmont against the enlistment OF foreign A.
ers for the Papal army, and particularly
against the wholesale in Introduction OF Aus trian
recruits into Ancona.
The theatres Of Venice had been closed,
owing to political demonstrations.
Letters from Genoa speak of tho proba-
biiities of hostilities being res umed in Italy
II was believed that the Papal troops REIN
forced by AustriaDS would enter the Lega-
tisns. and in that caso Sardinia would send a
force To the aid of the Rom, insurgents.
The King of Naples was reported to be large
ly increasing his army.
The Pope is said To have addressed another
note to all the Catholic powers except Sar-
dinia.
Rumors had been current Of an intention on
the part of the Pope to quit Rome, but the
Paris Patrie gives denial to the report.
AUSTRIA.
Charges were rife against Austria of disguis-
ed intervention in Italy.
LIE Nord directs attention to the recruiting
going on III Vienna for the Ponrihcal army.
under the eyes Of the Austrian Government.
An Austrian General directs the operations.
They choose the best soldiers disbanded on ac-
count OF the reduction Of their own Amy, and
the most able officers, whose services are now
available in consequence of peace. 1t is just
as il they had formed an auxiliary corps of
elite OF their veteran troops, and transformed
them by mere change OF uniform into the
army Of the Pope.
LIE Nord adds The conduct OF the Cabinet
of Vienna on this occasion is not merely dis.
honorabie--it Ell tails serious dangers of peace
aud on Austria herself BY breaking her word
Austria tears mp the preliminaries of Villa
franea and the Treaty of Zurich, and in her
turn forces France from engagements entered
into ty Napoleon, respecting the restoration Of
the Dukes and their restored rights.
The Austrian Government had ordered
Prince Metternich to declare to the French
Cabinet that IL would decline to enter into ne
gotiations any other basis than the agree
raent OF Filiatranca or Treaty Of Zurich.
LATEST VIA a. EENSTOWN. Is.
LONDON. Jan. l2.-The Prussian organ Of the
Ministerial Party in Prussia IL still OF opinion
that the restoration OF the Dukes in Italy
would have been the most desirable solution
OF the Italian question. II, however, gives up
the subject as impossible, and thinks the an.
nexation Of these States to Sardinia by far the
next best thing. sf
The conference upon the question of fortify-
Ing the German coasts had opened at Berlin.
General Aoitke presiding. Prussia had SUBJ
mitted system for the common defence.
INDIA AND CHINA. ttf = tf
"A Trieste dispatch gives additional news
from China and 1ndia, under date Of Can ton,
November 26th, and Calcutta, December sth.
The treaty between the United States and