Washington sentinel., 1856-06-07

ment. They would have meted out impartial
justice alike upon the Senate, Mr.. Sumner and
Mr.. Brooks.
We have no doubt that in his secret heart
Mr.. Lord has long since made a retra1n of his
hasty speech.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Cunard steamer Niagara arrived at Hall
fax, June s, bringing Liveroool dates to Satur-
day, the oath ult.
The political news is of no particular impor-
| tance.
The excitement on the Italian question still
continues.
The British ministry had again triumphed
on the motion censuring the abandonment OF
MARITIME law touching neutrals.
Nothing decisive had transpired touching the
sound dues" question.
The reported Russian successes in Circassia
| are confirmed.
ENGLAND.
In the House of Lords, Lord Colchester
moved censure on the peace plenipotentiaries
| for their abandoning the maritime law touch
| ing neutrals.
Lord Clarendon defended the plenipoten-
| tiaries, contending that they only gave up a
| principle no longer possible to maintain quo
ting Secretary Marcy's letter on the subject as
able and dignifed. The motion was lost by a
majority of 81.
| Lord Russell gave notice in Parliament of
his intention to ask question, whether the
| Government intended to interfere between Mica
| ragua and Costa Rica?
The Times thinks that England and the
| United States must combine for the adjustment
Of Central American affairs and also suggests
| the Emperor of Russia as umpire for the United
States in the Mosquito question.
The Protocol on the Danish proposition, to
| which Russia, Sweden and Oldenburg have
agreed, has been published.
Denmark renounces the Sound and Belt
| Dues for thirty.6ve millions rix dollars. All
maritime powers must first assent to Denmark
reserving the right to treat separately with
them. Denmark also demands security for the
money.
| The weather has been favorable in England
! for agricultural purposes.
The trial of Palmer for poisoning has not
yet been concluded, though his defence has
| closed.
Baron Hubner, minister from Australia has
presented his credentials.
| The baptism of the king of Algiers is to take
| place about the middle Of June.
PRUSSIA.
A postal convention has been signed be-
tween Prussia and the United States.
RUSSIA.
The empress dowager is on a visit to her
brother, the King of Prussia. The Gear has
gone to Warsaw.
The English steamer Tyne, bound to Cron-
stadt, has been wrecked in the Gulf of Finland,
proving total loss.
The evacuation of the Crimea is proceeding
rapidly.
Several Tartars have been hung for assisting
the allies during the war, and others condemn
ed to exile.
The scurvy had appeared in the English
regiments.
Violation OF Post ONCE Regulations.
The continued violation of the following
postal regulations indicate an ignorance on the
part of the public Of the provisions Of the law: /:
ITO enclose or conceal letter or other thing.
(except bills and receipts for subscription in,
or to write or print anything after its publica
tion upon any newspaper, pamphlet magazine
or other printed matter, is illegal, and subjects
such printed matter, and the entire package
Of which it is part to letter postage; and if
done in order that the same may be carried by
post free of postage, subjects the offender to a
fine of five dollars for every such offence and
in such cases, if the person addressed refuse to
pay such letter postage, the package should be
returned to the postmaster from whose office it
came, to prosecute the offender for the penalty
Printed slips or circulars stitched or pasted in
with the body Of periodicals or magazines with
which they have no legitimate connection, are
attempts to evade the law; and all such
matter which does not form, and was not in
tended and originally printed to form, a regu-
lar part Of the contents of any given number
of periodical or magazine and its cover, must
be considered as extraneous matter subiecting
the whole copy with which it is thus sought to
be incorporated to letter postage. All tran
sient printed matter should be distinctly post
marked, and rated at the mailing Office"
From Kansas.
ST. LOUIS, June 5-Adyices from Kansas 10
the 28th have been received. Fifty dragons
we're stationed at Topeka and one hundred and
thirty at Lawrence. 1t was rumored that a
party of Buford's men we're encamped near
Osawatomie, committing many depredations
upon the property Of the squatters. The latter
becoming enraged, attacked the camp of the
former and killed FIVE, and drove the remainder
away. In that vicinity the Missouri pro-slavery
men, identified with the troubles in Kansas,
have been waited upon by the committee, and
ordered TO pack up and move to Missouri in
r.