The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-15

LATER FROM luRopE.


The steamship Washington, with three days later ad
vices from Europe arrived New York on Sunday
ing last Her intelligence is 10th interesting and inn
portant ~
Notwithstanding the sei-ocal despatch published in
the New York Courier and Enquirer announcing in adj
Of fits home and foreign cotemporarie that lifelong
expected treaty Of peace had been signed and notwth
standing the court journals both sides Of the channel
regarded affected to regard the pledge given by
tho Empress Eugene TO France and her imperial
band the last browning act of paeiheaon the Paris
negohators still doubling celebrating, and dis
cussng and, far from doubling deiberatng and dis
cussng in spirit which promised speedy and perna-
nenty amieable settlement of the pending questions be-
tween Russia and the Western powers new difficulties
and new complications hare suddenly appeared which
surrounded with ominous endorsements Prussia
demands to be admitted TO sign the treaty of peace
the footing and in the character if she had
been party TO the alliance throughoutas If she had
accepted all the obligations involved in it, had joined in
the ulaadtun and had declared that she would abide
by all its consequences" Russia--that Russia which
few days ago So full Of generous concistion that
she seemed " to regret that asked of
her'-insists upon compliance with this modest
demand Of Prussia! The English journals amazed
at what they appear to regard astounding inso
lence the side and polite, sympathetic impotence
on the other The Paris correspondent Of the London
Times 1--WE give his letter entire in another part Of the
pape fumes and frets and then hopes and expects that
this new embarrassment WILL in the end be satisfactorily
disposed of but in the breath inconsderatey makes
startling statements showing the pressing necessities
of England and France for an immediate peace The
Times shows its resentment OF the Prussan demand in
sashing leader, in which it is roundly asserted that
the Prussian nation is nation of spieshat the spy sys
tenn is the pervading, absorbing overshadowing sys
tenn of that unhappy kngdomthat rank condition
in life is free from itand that the King himself acon-
scious of the system of espionage under which he lived
when visit to the Rhine last year. had the greatest
difficulty in communicating con6dentay with ex-min
ster who was the same time of his Maesys Oldest
and dearest friends and at last thought it necessary ap
point meeting railway station whore the two could
converse without fear of intrusion their privacy"
We also give an interesting letter from the Crimean
respondent of the London Times 1t would that the
troops particularly the French, suffering dreaduly
from the joint effects of disease and exposure to weather
unparalleled in the Cmea for its severity Although the
Russian batteries had ceased their murderous fire. fatal
vers were numbering their victims by hundreds and thou
sands.
The London Times officially announces the departure of
government seamgates in search of the long miss
Pacific This generous act of official socitude for the
safety of foreign vessel will be fully and properly appre
ciated on this side of the Atlantic.
The commercial sdvices by the Washington show
terial change from previous quotations slight decline
had taken place in cotton and breadstuis Consos
quoted at s2s.
Since the above in type we have received ntell-
gence of the arrival of the Cunard steamer Cambria at
Halifax with Liverpool dates to the 2sth ultimo, inelu
sivefour days later than the Washington advces Our
egaphic despatch states that the Peace Conference bad
surmouned all their difficulties and that the treaty would
be signed in the Of few days The London and
Paris papers have published than intelligence of
| precisely the same character r.