Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-03
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
Arrival of the America

The r. NJ. steamship America, Capt Millar
which left Liverpool on Saturday, the 18th ult
arrived at Halifax at O'Clock on Sunday mora.
ing, I'd inst
She She reports strong westerly gales during tie
The steamship Prince Albert, from New York
via It Johns, n F, arrived at Galway at noon
of the l7Ih. bringing brief SYNOPSIS of Presi.
dent Buchanan's message.
The steamer City of Manchester takes the place
OF the CITY OF Baltimore, and was 10 sail from
Liverpool FOR New York December 22d
GREAT BRITAIN
An extraordinary general meeting of the At
lantie Ieles r3nh Company was held in London
on the l5th-~he Hon. stuart Wortley presided
The report showed that the total receipts of tb.
company on its capital account had been ~ i7o
ana the expenditure at f36i Oi6, leaving a bal,
ance on hand OF E, ii9, against which there are
various outstanding liabilities Free share IN
the value OF E75.UU0 had been issued to proiec
tois In the purchase of their original rights and
P II.viirses Inc chairman made lengthy ex-
Piahatlon OF The condition Of the company,s ca .
Bile IL had been undPrrun for a distance Of eleven
miles from Ireland and found perfect The di
Iee'ols, iot want OF funds Were unable to carry
on Iu'ther operations. They had appealed TO
the boyernmsnt for guarantee of & I. peT cent
on t03oIUO OF new capital with which 70 con
stIuct ana lay a new able, but no decision had
been receiy. d He urged uron the propri.toTs
harmonious aud energetic action as the onIv wa .
TO intuTe success, and moved the adoption Of The
DIRECTORS report, which was carried unani-
Mr.. Whitehouse, the late electrician of ~.
company, cal' d attention TO the establishment
OF dnothtr company for tablishing telegrapbic
commentator with America by means Of a
southern route, and having half OF its capita sub
scT1b-d He had been instructed to state the con-
dltons under which fusion of the two compa n
les mig ht he effected. Several arebolders sno
gesitd that such matter could not be enter
tanned by the meeting; and the chairman said
that pending the negotiations with the Govern
ment the opposition ought not to be discussed
MT Whitehouse withdrew the subject; and an
adjournment until the general meeting in Febru-
AIRY was unanimously carried
The London Times. taking for its tsxt Ar
BucLanan's letter To the 1t meeting i'm ceIehra :
ton Of the capture Of Fort DuquesDe commenfs
on tie depending tone in which the President
speaks of the future of the Republic and brings
into contrast the language of public men ON The
future prospects Of Eng land who deem tina, Eng
lands evils are passing away, while the tone OF
American society indicates that those OF the Nv
World increasing "
ne reform movement was progressing. John
Bnght had addressed another great meeting AT
Edinburgh, and at Manchester a reformed -,
union had bsen formed by the Bright marty
An influential meeting OF English shjpowners
had been held in London, to take into considsr
alton The rulnous condition OF British navigate,
Resolutions were adopted attributjng The can
TO the repeal Of the navigation laws and an "A
dress TO the Queen was adopted, pravIny tha,
nIecsd pr VI Procatlng countries may be
as bftlsn ships are placed in those countries
IN regard 10 the recent arrests in Ireland of IN.
memoeIs OF tns Phenix Club, the Cork COnstitn.
r.
ther IMAM was suspected There was = daily
and nightly drilling; pixies Were manuf ,c,n,ed
aims imported from America, and The usa n,
them taught. The government was NOT = ,nI,,,Va
too early In interfering" minute
body Of military aud militia have been A..
tributed through the western portion of the conn
~ OF Cork 10 prevent an Instruction.
The Belfast Mercury says "There is ut,I.
doubt that the Phenix Club Is entirely srditions
ard made up of the dregs of young Irelandsn
Seventeen persons lad been arrested at Belfast
In addition to those at Cork.
The Government was expected to issue a spe-
cial commission for the trial Of the prisoners
Mr. Guernsey, arrested by the Government for
stealing the loman dispatches lately published
In the Daily News, has been tried and a united
The Protestant Alliance having memoriaIized
Lord Malmrsbury 10 ihtercsde with n ome I'm The
case OF the Jewish boy, MOuara, Lord Malmrs-
bury replied that while the government was in
clgnant at the outrage, IL did not thiBk the inter-
isIence Of a Protestant; Power would do any Q God
aiter The failure OF a Catholic Power like France
. prospectus has been issued In London for
the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company The
capl'aI " as nxed at 40 0f1, of which COO 100
u 20 DC nist issued, the Indian council having
RuaTah'etd nVe per cent on that amount The
oDJ-ct OF The company Is TO carry ont n extensive
adapted 10 cotton. :" VIC
The prospectus has also been fssuea NJ IN.
canada Landed Credit Company with = canit,I
OF t2oO no, the object being to enconr.g. sns
OF capital to Canada, by making adysnce. IN
mortgages Of land. ''' 'H