Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-06
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BALTIM 0 L e, NJ D.
The News from Europe.
THE RAVAGES or THE CATTLE PLAGUE
FENIAN TROUBLES.
Zroops 2ouring into Gork.l

We have the following interesting details of for
eign news brought by the steamship Hermann:
TIRE CATTLE PLAGrE STILL INCREASING.
The cattle disease is still spreading in parts of
England. The Mayor of Colchester has resolved to
close the market of that town for eight weeks. St.
IyeS market is also closed until February LIST. The
disease IS spreading Mt Bradford Yorkshire, and in
the cou0 les of BuclinGhamshire. Cumberland, Es-
SEX Suffolk Hereforlshire. Huntingdonshire and
Worcestershire.
A letter in the Times of Dec. 18th SAYS:
BY the last returns issued, the number Of deaths
may be etimated at 1000. and upwards oS 5000 at
tackled weekly. We are, therefore, losing each week
sufficient for 100000 persons for one day.
4 FENTAN PRuCLAMATIOS.
The following proclamation" is being extensively
circulated in Dublin in the form Of handbl
We ask Nou to make no rash step: your time has
not yet arrived Your enemy would like a prema,
ture movement. We command you to prepare and
be ready, for tine day of glory approaches There is
power Al hani for your countrys salvation, and it
fl&, cast defiance unto the teeth OF your encmy-
Ere long yoH will he free: a7d your country win be
in arms and upon the ruins Of English tyranny you
s sn t miYe reP1?e o. pc0lg, Wnen ne sln
above us. We tell those lriShmen who shake the
b'od- hands Of ho murdeTSr5 OF ireland that
we shall t'eat, them as traitors. If the enemy hang
or murder, we shall r"taliate. The man who is
inactive has the heart ot coward and the spirit of
sycophant. BY order of the Vigilance Committee
Dec. 10, 1855. God save the Grecn!"
TROOPS POURING INTO CORR.
The city is to be invested by military naval and
conStabulary force of about four thousand men dur
ing the progress of the Fenan state tra's The mil
iary reiniOTceHents arriving from oherdistricts
and with the troops already in garrison will include
the following: Fourth Dragon Guards, 600 mem
Twelfth Lancers. 80 men: First Royals Il lantry)
$50; Second Queens Own. 500; Thirteenth regiment,
$50: Fourteenth regiment $50. This is irrespective
of two batteries of the Royal Artillery, and small
force of infiutry and cavalry stationed at Danc"ig
There are nine hundred men, principally English,
town. detailed for instant duty in the event of any
enc gency arising; Tho men have been practising
with small arms during the past TWO days, and it is
expected that they Will ascend up the river in fifteen
barge9. which are IN readiness, each carrying gun;
six field pieces will also form part of the armament
-Four gun boats, armed with Armstrong;. are to
come up from Queenstown, and be stationed in the
North and South Channels during the sitting of the
one hundred men, and these have been supplemented
of cavalry police from the depot, Phoenix Park
which arrived last evening from Louth, Galway,
King s. Queens and ather counties, and have taken
up their quarters in Cat Fort Barracks. Several
large yards and vacant premises different points of
the city have been engaged by the authorities for tue
aceomnQdatlon OF troops. as it is intended to dis
county will not be called from the outlying stations
TREATY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND ENGLAND.
A private communication has been received in
London from Vienna, to the effect that preliminary
commercial treaty was signed there the 10th De
cember, the maximum duty to be > per cent I'D ralo-
to be reduced to % per cent. in 1870 Austria
reserves power to NAL further reductions when the
dehnltive traty Is signed in March. if the British
Government yields the concessions asked on corn and
wine
FRANCE
The Times Paris correspondent says :-"General
Schofeld has returned to Paris after visit of nine
days TO London. He has obtained years leave OF
absence. and he purposes spending the winter Ia
Paris. lie seems much pleased with his first visit to
England
An extraordinary rise has taken place in the price
of copper in France within the last few weeks in con
sequence of the Chian blockade. The price of
flour has declined in Paris. Flour of tho six marks
is officially quoted at 52f.
BELGIUM.
A telegram from Brussels of December 10TH says:
The obsequeS OF the late hing If the Beigans were
celebrated to-day. Crowds, silent aud collected,
thronged the streets, windows and the roofs of the
houses. All the shops closed.
King Leopold ii took the oath to the Constitution
before both Houses Of the Belgian Parliament on De-
cemher 18th. lie made speech, in which he thanked
the foreign SOyereigns and princes for their sympathy
He added: :
II shall ~eli-ousy follow the example and the
precepts of my father, and will never forgot the du-
ties imposed upon by this precious Inheritance. I
will be Belgian king from my heart and soul. |
love those great institutions which guarantee order
and liberty, and which the most solid basis of the
throne. My constitutional position keeps me aloof
from the conflict of opinions leaving the country to
decide between them. l desire to give those WHO
devote themselves to the crow ing of the national
edfcc the assurance Of my cooperation. By actiyi-
ty and progress, Belgium will retain the support Of
foreign powers"
His majesty repeated the words uttered by his
faith upon ascending the throne: MY heart hon
ors NJ other ambition than to see you happy" and
concluded by imploring the Divine assistance for
himself and Belgium