The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-02-21
ARRNlLOF THHOANADA.'
Peace Prospects Bright.
PROTOCOL sIGNEDl
CONGRESS- TO MEET IN PARIS.
Opening Of ParliGmeai-Qusen's Address
American Affairs.
his AFTERNOON REPORT.

Liverpool on p. NJ, Of Saturday second, ar
rived at Halifax, o'clock A. M, on Sun.
day Feb. IL. The Atlantic arrived out 6
Is on morning of Thursday. The Canada
saw no signs Of the Steamer Paei6o,i The
London Morning advertiser has the follow
ing announcement. We regret to hear that
in an interview which Lord Clarendon and
Mr. Buchanan had together at the foreign
Office of Tuesday, very angry words passed
between them relative to the central Ameri.
can question. The peace negotiation; the
despatches'of the Russian Gov. completing
and confirming the telegraphic announce
ment of the unconditional acceptance Of
Austria's propositions were received at vi.
emma on the 23d, and couriers Immediately
conveyed them to Paris and London-a
memorandum embodying the proposition had
been signed at Vienna and sent to Paris and
London, and it is reported that the Congress
will meet at Paris, Feb. 18th, and that very
little time will be lost in discussion, and that
the whole will be brought to q conclusion by
the 25th of Feb. The signing of the prelim
inaries &c. now only wait the arrival ofthe
Turkish plenipotentiary. 1t is stated that
Prussia refuses 10 agree to the conditions
exacted by the Allies and preliminary 10 her
admission to the peace conference, and that
consequently she will be excluded from the
conference, but will be invited to sign the
deed of settlement. r
The most recent demands OF the govern
ment of the United States arrived only two
days since, and are not yet in state to be
made public. The origin OF the trouble was
this: at the beginning uf the war, numerous
| = :. ~ - ;o,I
the British Government for permission to
join the army in the East. In consequence,
instructions were sent to the Government OF
Nova Scotia to consider whether persons
from the United States could be received al
Halifax These instructions were notified
to Mr.. Champion, who was at the same time
informed that ANXIOUS as England was for re-
cruits, she was still more anxious that there
should be no violation or infringement ot
the municipal law of the United States. An
agency Office was opened, and upon com.
plaint being made, Mr.. Champion desired
that it might be made public that the British
| Government did not recruit or raise soldiers
in the United States, and he made known
his instructions to Mr.. Marcy who then ex
pressed himself satisfied. Judge Kane hac
decided that to pay the passage Of men to q
foreign port, and then enlist them, was nc
violatiAe ofinternatonal law, and these per
sons whose passage was paid to Canada,
went rs volunteers, and were not bound tc
, enter the British service.
The whole speech he said was redolen
Of water Cruel. Earl of Clarendon replied a'
, follows / wish to take an early opportunity
of referring to the state Of our relations with
the United States: In my opinion there car
be no doubt as to the common sense view o
the obligations of the Clayton and Bulwe
treaty and yel it is upon the Interpretation o
that, difference of opinion has arisen. lr
such case correspondence is useless, end
lost no time in Offering to refer the whole
question to the arbitration OF any third pow
, er, both sides agreeing to be bound by thu
. decision; that offer has not seen accepted
1t has been renewed and hope that upor
, further consideration, the United States gov
ernment will agrhe to it. With respect Il
recruiting in the United States, it would no
f have aided friendly solution to allude to i
from the throne, inasmuch as correspond
, ence must have been produced, and ceres
pondence still continues.
, A correspondence of very amicable ma
| ture has taken place between the two Gov
ernments, but the transaction to which /
, refers are bygohe transactions, and from
. the commencement the British Government
has disdaned all intentions of infringing il
any way upon the law Of the United States
/, With the conduct of Mr.. Champion hi
Government is perfectly satisfied tor | an
convinced that neither intentionally or acci
: dentally did he violate any law of the Uni
ted States. Lord Clarendon then goes o.
F, to say that he hopes the difficulty suscepti
t Bile of pacific solution, and that he doe
not mean any slight by making no mentio
Of America in the Queens speech.