Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-02-06
THE NEWS FROM EUROPE.


The news by the steamer North American,
which arrived at Portland Saturday morning.
is to january 18th, from Liverpool. There
are items of general interest.
The English government having failed to
accept Louis Napoleons proposition for an
agreement between the two powers to secure
complete non-intervention in Italy, the talk of
| a diplomatic Congress is revived. Louis Ma
poleon has formally resumed negotiations con-
corning Congress, and, has by telegraph, in
formed the Northern Courts of his desire for
one.
The Emperor of France has announced
free trade policy which has caused much talk
and much satisfaction in France and Great
Britain. He proposes to suppress duties on
wool and cotton goods, and add some other
things in the direction of free trade. The
London Times thinks England should in re.
! turn make some reduction on French products.
! Other London papers praise this new French
policy, and attribute it partly to the influence
of Golden and NJ. Michel Chevalier.
The London Times says, the American mer-
chant service has become 'justly infamous" in
consequence of the many and most atrocious
crimes committed against seaman, by the off
! GERS of American vessels, and that these crimes
! demand the serious attention of civilized peo-
| ple." Several cases of horrible cruelty ON
| board American ships which have lately
been before the English courts, furnish the oc-
casion for this expression of feeling. 1t was
charged in one of these cases, that the mates
of an American vessel had caused the death of
| six men. This case terminated as follows -
The American Minister having sent protest
against the jurisdiction of the court, the mag
istrates had to dismiss the charge. This pro
test was accompanied with request that the
magistrates would detain the defendants until
the matter could be inquired into by the
American Consul, so that they might be remit
ted to their own country under the eXtradition
treaty. The magistrates considered they
could not hold the accused without a formal
requisition, and they were accordingly dis
charged. The mates had been conveyed to
their ship under the protection Of the police,
for fear of the fury of the mob
From Italy, we have some news Items of
considerable interest, such as the following =
"The King OF Sardinia had accepted the re-
signation of his ministry, and charged Count
Cavour with the formation of new cabinet !"
and, "as it is believed events in Italy may lead
to war between Sardinia and Naples Prussia
prepares by enrolling about 10000 more re-
mediately rased;" 1t was telegraphed from
Verona, Jan. II, that the Austrio- Sandman
commission for regulating the boundary line
has already held three meetings. The Austri.
an custom officers have been reinforced by
military, IN order to avert provocation from
the other side OF the frontiers Letters from
Vienna fully confirm the assertion that Aus
tria has abandoned all idea of renewing the
war i'll Italy. 1t is said, however, that the
Cabinet of Vienna will make protest on ac-
count of the non-fulilment of the VilIafranca
agreement relative to the restoration of the
Grand Dukes, which will be forwarded to all
European courts, as well as to Paris The
Swiss Federal Council had ordered the PAM
phlet of Mazzini, printed at Lugona, to be
seized, and had expelled the foreigners who
had participated in its publication"
Belgium, it is said, wishing to establish a
commercial colony in China, will send out a
force to act with the English and French and
on the same subject, member Of the Russian
Mission at Pekin says the Chinese have re-
ceived large quantity of silver from Russia,
and are now able TO give their soldiers one
third Of their pay i'll metal, paper money hav-
ing become greatly deprecated.
The war between the Spaniards and Moors
does not make much progress. The Span
iards claim advantages but there is no report
of what the Moors say, although it is plain
that they fight much better than was expected.
The following is the last news from this war ::
Late adviceS from Magador say that 5000
men, the pink of the Moorish army, are en-.
camped on the hills beyond Magador, ready
for action. The Moors are said to have taken.
in all, 800 Spanish prisoners"
1t seems now to be understood in Europe
that Central Italy and the Duchies are not to
return to the sway of their old governments,
they will be annexed to Sardinia, as they de.
sire, or some other arrangements, in accord
ance with the popular desire, will be made
Among the latter expressions of Louis Napo.
Icons view of what must be done in Italy is
the following letter written by him to the
Pope -
THE EMEERoR's LETTER.
Most Holy Father The letter which your
Holiness deigned to write me on the I'd of De-
cember touched me deeply, and will reply
with entire frankness to the appeal made to
my good faith.
One of my most serious anxieties during as
well as after tie war, was the conditions Of the
states Of the church; and assuredly, among
the potent reasons which induced me to con-
clude peace so promptly, you must reckon the
fear Of seeing the revolution assume daily in.
creasng dimensions. Facts have an inexor-
able logic, and despite my devotion to the
Holy See, despite the presence of my troops at
Rome, could not avoid a certain amount Of
connection with the results of the national
movement in Italy by the struggle against
Austria.
AS soon as peace was concluded FASTENED
to write to yoar Holiness to submit to you the
views which i considered best suited to lead
to the pacflcaton of the Romagna, and still
entertain the opinion that il your Holiness had
from that time consented to an administrative
separation of those provinces, and to the nom
ination Of a lay governor, they would have re.
turned to your rule. Unhappily, this was not
the case, and found myself powerless to pre-
vent the establishment of anew Government
My endeavors only succeeded in preventing
a spread of the instruction and the resigna.
ton Of Garibadi preserved the Marches Of
Ancona from certain invasion.
Now the Congress is about to assemble, the