Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-01-04
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The latest English intelligence by mail is to tue 20th
Of December We extract few brief paragraphs
The British Parliament has been further prorogued
til the 9th of February which day it will assemble for
the dispatch of business.
The Duke of Newcastle has been been formally invest
ed with the order of the garter with the usual ceremo
MES.
The Paris Moniteur says the Emperor has decided that
from January next and by way OF reciprocity, English
men visiting France shall be permitted to enter and tray
Ell through the country without passports.
pamphlet bearing the title " The Emperor Francis
joseph l. and Europe" has been issued in Paris and
tracted considerable attention. having it is said receiv
ed the appreciation of the Emperor Napoleon. 1t urges
in forcibe terms the cesson of Venea for valuable
consideration, aud contends that such proceeding will
not only bring about peaceable solution of existing diff
fcues, but will in all respects be positive advantage
to Austria.
The intelligence from Gaeta as to the progress of the
siege is contradictory, but nc new movement of mpo
lance is chroniced Francis H. had issued proclama
ton calling upon the garrison to defend the place the
s.. Naples dispatch says that France had succeeded
in inducing the belgerents to consent to suspension
hosues in order that the negotiations for the surrender
of Gaeta might be entered upon.
The stoppage has been announced of Messrs. Dodge
Giandonata an American house. in the India rubber
trade with liabilities of about 100000 and assets OF
about half that amount The failure has been caused By
loss and the absence of remtances from the United
States owing to the crisis.
The papers contain appalling accounts of the distress
at Coventry. Forty thousand actually starv
ing The Times makes Christmas appeal to the publ,
for subscriptions for their relief
The Emperor NapoleOns Life of Caesar is expected tC
be out about the middle of January
The empire OF Austria is to have upper chamber
composed Of at least two hundred members, admitted
on the principle Of hereditary descent and second,
electoral chamber, which will comprise two hundred
and fifty members, to be named by the different pro
vncial assemblies in proportion to their respective i'm
portance.
The Turin correspondent Of the Paris Debats say
General Benedek has informed his troops that they
be prepared for in the spring. and that it is at Man
tul he means to crush Garibald The Turin Gazette
very moderate Journal likewise says that the Venetian
question must be settled and Ministry could stant
for a single day which gave up Venice.
The latest accounts from Syria Estates the Paris Pate
informed that the Turkish authorities had ordered tn
disarmament Of all the Mussulmans at Damascus, an,
that it intended to extend the measures to the So
Arabs who had long attached themselves TO the servc
of Abd-el kader The Emr protested against the step
his had used their solely in defense OF tn
Christians they bad succored and protected agains
the savage attacks Of the Druses We have learnt tina
the European Commission which has left Beyrut fol-
Damascus has decided in favor of the protest. and tba
the companions of Abd-eKaker will remain armed
ready before at the bidding of their chief Civ
fresh proofs of their kindly feeling towards the Chi
tiAn populations Of the Lebanon. ---j