The Washington union., 1858-02-26
PARAGRAPHS OF FOREIGN NEWS

On Monday February g. In the House of Lords Ia
ply 10 question from Lord Lyndhurs relative to the ad
dresses published in the MonRv, Lord Granville stated
that despatch had been received from Count Walewsk
m which IT was announced that the Emperor OF the
French deeply regretted that any apparently official recog
milton had been given in France to assertions likely to be
at all offensive to the feelings of the English people In
the House of Commons, Lord Palmerston, pursuant to
notice, moved for leave to bring in bill to amend tho
law relating TO conspiracy to murder event having
recently happened which rendered it expedent to revise
this branch of the criminal law. He proposed render
conspiracy to commit murder felony punishable by
penal servitude at the discretion of the court for life
not less than five years with Imprisonment with with
out hard labor for three years The bill would apply
British subjects and foreigners.
As regarded the addresses of the military bodies OF
France there had been departures from the ordinary
practices in France Tor the last sixty years Neverthe
less there passages in those addresses which of
fence might justly be taken, and her Majesty govern
ment had informed that of France of the effects they had
produced in this country In reply the French abassa
dor the part of his government had said that the in
seton of these passages in the JoH had arisen from
inadvertence and the Emperor regretted their pubca
ton
The reply referred to above from Count Walcwsky,
which read in both houses of Commons and received
with loud cheers is as follows
NJ. lie Comte, the account you give me of the effect
produced in England by the insertion in the MoeD of
certain addresses from the army has escaped my at
tenton and have made report Of it to the Emperor,
You of the sentiments by which have been
influenced in the steps have adopted with her Britain
mic Majesys government the occasion Of the attack
of the l4t OF January and Of the have taken,
in applying for its to avoid everything that
could bear the appearance OF pressure part ALI
communications manifest confidence in its sin
cerity oyae) and Difference for the initiative being
taken by it and it, in the enthusiastic manifestations of
the devotion Of the army words have possibly been in
serted which have seemed in England be characterized
by different sentiment, they too much opposed to
the language which the Emperors government has not
tn he
possible attribute them to anything else than navert
caused by the number of those addresses The EN-
peror enons you to to Lord Clarendon how much he
regrets it. | authorize you to give copy of this de-
spatch to the Principal Secretary OF State for Foreign AT
fairs
The Paris MonaeuU publishes the following notification
relative to the blockade of the river and port of Canton
and its tributaries
1t is notified by these presents that his exceency the
Minister of Marine and of the Colonies has been informed
by Rear Admiral Rgault de Genouilly commander of the
naval forces of the Emperor in the Chinese that
the 18th December 1851 and from that day an effective
blockade established of the river and port of Canton
and its tributaries by the naval forces placed under his
mand acting in with those of his Britannia Majesty
1t is moreover notified by these presents that all
authorized by international law and by respective treaties
existing between his Majesty and the different neutral
powers shall be adhered to and carried regards all
vessels that may attempt to force the said blockade
Accounts have been received in England from Japan to
the llh of November They confirm the report of the
approaching visit to Europe of Prince TIKuzen, the
nephew of the Emperor. He was to embark about the
end of December at Smoda with q numerous suite on
board the Dutch vessel the Samarang chartered for the
purpose by the Japanese government He will visit
France England Russia, Holland and return by way of
the United States. Among the persons composing his
suite are two Japan engineers whose mission will be to
examine into the system of railways The engineers had
fitted up the electric telegraph which given his
Majesty by the American plenipoentary when the treaty
Of commerce signed between these two countries
The telegraph which goes from the summer palace of
the Emperor to Jeddo distance of about miles works
perfectly.