Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-17
LATsR FROM ABROAD.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRIoA-INTEREsTlNG De
TAILS OF EUROPEAN NEWS-sPEECHES OF
LORD PALMERsTON-AND COL. McaURDO ON
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN AND AMERICAN
NOTWITHSTANDING ANXIETY WITH RE-
GARD TO TIE SUPPLY OF COTTON IN ENG
LAND-THE NEW BRITISH POLICY FOR CAN
ADA, &c.
The Cuuard steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, which
saed from Liverpool at three o'clock on the afternoon
of the n at ut and from Queenstown the LIST inst,
arrived at New York Thursday bringing passengers and
the European mails dated on the slst Of August
A latter from Turin Of the 2s.h of Augus;lsays:-
very awful calamity has beisllen Turin this morning.
fire broke out in the Via d Pc, which resisted Tor
few hours the efforts Of the fire Brigade aided BY the
regular rooIs These latter were carried away by Their
real for the public cause and venured into the burning
buildings with rash cours which about dozen OF
them fell vic ims Colonel Trott brave Piedmontese
Officer Major Fore Of the Csrabineers and another Ma
jor Of the Forty sixth infantry, while endesvorng to
check the ardor OF the troops we're cIusned oy ang
wall.
The strike in the iron trade in the north of England
still continues and thousand men are reported 10
be CT work 10 alone-the Consett and Der
went Iron Works. At Conset the reduction proposed
In the case Of pudders 3D. per tor and in the case OF
rollers ten PER cent In Wales the rate of wages con-
sderahy below the northern district and 10 Scotland
the workmen have accepted the reduction proposed.
The London Post, Of the 3lst of August, says:
The private letters addressed to some Of our frat
houses connected with Mexico descbe the situation Of
af .rs as very deporabe Nobody buys, nobody sells
and nobody pays Beyond the capital there H. in fact
no government and the position Is said 70 be far worse
than during the last three years. when at any rate SIX
teen out of the twenty States were In favor OF Juarez
while at present the renubc is divided into three fec
TONS The cessation OF diplomatic intercourse by Sir
Charles Wyke with the Juarez government although Tor
-. tho enuld
oherwise considered calculated to retsrd matters
instead OF advancing them The cooperation in that re-
apec. of the French Minister N. de Sagny, looked
upon with mistrust since frances claims upon Mexico
are but trHng Spain, after England, has the largest
claim and then follows America.
Parisian correspondent writes to the semiofheiai
Spanish CJrrssp1ndsncid:-
Lord Palmerston has decided to cooperate with the
Italian government within the limits Of the principle OF
noninerventon for the purpose Of pacifyng the king
dom OF Naples. The French government, in its turn,
has closed the Roman frontiers to the Nespotan rebels
Meantime an Edgsh squadroa prevents maritime contrs
b,ud and lends moral force the government OF Vic
tor Emanuel Til arrangement may be considered as
the forerunner of sl important events England
prevails upon France TO evacua,e Rome.
The English Board Of Trade returns for the month OF
August aud the eeven months ended the 2lt Of July
last were issued. The total value Of British exports in
July shows decrease OF e. 4Ss 900 when compared with
the corresponding period of 1860. The exports tor the
seven months show falling of amounting to "a sos 600
the total value Of the goods being f70 2S7 Co., against
ETA 542 900 in the arst seven months OF 1860.