Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-20
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
BY THE AMERICA At HALIFAX.

BY THE AMERICA AT HALIFAX.
The steamship Proponts, with the new sub.
marine telegraph cable, which is to cross the
Gulf of st. Lawrence and connect Newfound
land with Cape Breton, sailed from London
on the I'd Of June The cable will be laid
down during the present month, and will form
the hrst link in tho London and New York
Submarine Telegraph line, which it is conf
IDENTIFY anticipated here will be in successful
operation between London and New York
within twelve or eighteen months.
The important insurance suit-The New
York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph
Company, as. Lloyd's Insurance Company
London, has been settled, upon very advan.
tageous terms to the Telegraph Company.
AMERICAN DIFFICULTY.
Lord Palmerston replied to D'Israeli's in.
quiry as to American affairs, in the following
terms:
Lord Palmerston said: am unable to give
any definite answer to the question with which
the honorable Baropet concluded his state.
ment, namely: "W hat particular stems had
been taken during the last few weeks to OBJ.
| tain an answer from the American Govern.
ment with regard to the subject of arbitration
on the Central American question:
can only say this, that the American Gov.
eminent have made fully aware of that Offer
having been made on the part of her Males.
necessary, as yet to press, in any special m an
ner, for reply. With regard to the genera
tenor Of the Honorable BarOnet's observations,
quite agree with him, that in the present
state of things between the two governments.
1t would be inexpedient if the opinion of the
Govern.nent was to be expressed. have no
hesitation in saying that feel the interests
OF the country and the prospects of the per.
manent maintenance of amicable relations
between this country and the United States
| would be best promoted by the continuation
| OF that forbearance, that judicious forbear-
ance, which the House has hitherto shown
Upon other occasions Of somewhat similar
character, when questions of importance were
pending in reference to the last war, or to the
negotiations by which it was concluded, THU
| House has acted In a manner most honorable
| TO It's Judgment, by abstai ming from throwing
any possible difficulties in the way of the
Government, by entering into premature dis
cussion OF such questions The questions now
pending may be of very grave character
and hope, sincerely hope, and not without
good reason, that these discussions may ter
inmate without any interruption to the peace
able relations between the two countries
Hear, hear
Whatever cause there may be for collision
it is to be hoped that the good sense on both
sides of the water may prevent any unneces
sary collision; but certainly discussion in THU
| House which must be productive of a conhic
OF oplnlon-sOme too much upon one side anC
some too much upon the other-could not fai
to be attended with injurious results Now
1 may be permitted, when upon my legs e
refer, though l am not quite sure whether
the honorable Baronet alluded to it, to {
question put yesterday, whether Mr. Craup
ton had retired from Washington I stated
that We had indirectly received informa ton
that such was the case. / learn from my
noble friend at the head of the Foreign De
partment, that the information came by tn,
Cunard steamer which left Halifax on the 90
OF May Yesterday evening there was smother
packet from New York which left there OF
the 24th. This packet did not bring any con
hrmation Of the report of the 22d We ar,
| therefore not in possession Of any Official in
| formation on the subject. Hear, hear
| ITALY.
A Paris dispatch states that the notes pre
sented by France and Austria to the Neapoli
| tan Government are nearly identical No re
| forms are positively indicated by name blu
| the general tone is urgent and pressing. Aus
tria objects to foreign active interference. anc
hints tL at the present crisis has been planned
oy SARDINIA, stating, however, that Austri.
has no desire to interfere with the liberal in
situations of Sardinia. France, however, hint
1 at an Intervention should an outbreak tax,
| place in Naples or Sicily In the British Par
| Lament, Lord Clarendon has consented to pro
duce the papers addressed by Sardinia TO tn,
Conference, and gave as his opinion that be
| fore the close of the session there must be
discussion upon the affairs of Italy. He adde,
that he had reason to believe that France an,
Austria were DESTROYS of removing the troon
as soon as possible from the Italian territory
| The Piedmontese Chamber Of Deputies ha
presented General Marmora with an acre o
valuable building land within the CITY O
| Turin.
GREECE.
| The King of Greece has asked the Infant;
| OF Spain in marriage for the heir to the GreeI
| throne, and favorable answer had beer
given by Spain. King Ohio was about to SO
out for Germany. -, -
RUSSIA.
The Gar has made the following diplomatic
appointments NJ. Budberg, ambassador a
Berlin, to Vienna, replaced at Berlin by Ba
ron Brunow; Prince DoIgorouski, formerI,
Minister Of War, ambassador to Paris, and
Count Creptowitch, ambassador to London.
| The Central Committee of the Polish De
mocracy have published protest against tn,
| terms on which the Car granted an amnest,
to Polish refugees. They assert that in TAXI ns
up arms for their national independence il
| 1880, they fulfilled a duty-not anything I,
be pardoned-and they could not now, with
out renouncing their country's claims, accep
| the title Of pardoned rebels
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