Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-31
LATE news FAOm EUROPE.
SPIRIT OF me FREECu AND BRITISH
PRESS!


England Preserves Her VTarIike Attitude!
HAIIFax. December 21.-The steamer America
from Liverpool the 9th, via Queenstown the Slh.
ruI IN here this morning short Of coal. Her dates
IRE two days laier.
The wariike sentiments and preparations were
inabated A large angl~T II meeting had however,
oeen held at Dublin.
The British Government had sent letter approx
ng the course Of Commodore WIliins, the mail
| 4geat aboard the Trent.
The Paris papers assert thst the British Govern
nentin answer 20 petitions from the Manchester dis
rIc.s had stated that the cotton ports OF the South
| I'm States would be opened by February at the
latest The British Parliament had been further
4 ,roroguei until the IN Of January
4Fs.,-z sLszySf aria' f tlfv F'SirStr4-1 st
lsIf million Quarters Of wheat lad been sent to
| he Black Sea ports from London, within the last
/ our DAYS for present and future use.
| The British frigste Warrior was taking 200 tuns
Of coal preparatory L service On the North Amer
| lcan coast. A considerable number OF additional
| troops were to be sent to Canada
The French Journals say thatFrancs viii remain
| leutral in the event of war between England aHo
The Hero. carrying eiahty-six guns, wsa to
cave Portsmouth on the 18Th for the North Amer
| can COST,
The ship sllas GreeHman, for New York, having
600 tuns Of lead board, 20 stopped IN me river
thames, the export Of the ar;i-le having osen pro
Ilbiled.
In Lendon. in reference to the inportsn. question
II the attitude likely to be assumed By France, the
,Dinion continues to be, that however deslrous the
Emperor might be 20 give some empioymen TO bis
navy ard divert attention IN France from the state
# French iasnce he is not likely to DO anything 20
cause a difference with the British government be
,ause serious results might follow in France If dis
| rust there should iEclease and cause ia ther
! depression IN trade.
The London Glide warns its readers that they
must take the French version OF the dispatches SEM
Lord Lyons for what il IS worth, and purely as
the French idea Of them
The Shipping Gcsstts hiss an article On the ques-
ion of our corn supplies, in the event of 9 war
: With North America, Il does not regard their IN
rurs prospects with feelings OF alarm. TIE sap
,uq G15sHs is perfectly satisfied that our importa'
ions of food during the coming year. Will exceed
: in extent those of the last four or fge seasons
me correspondent Of the London daily As5s
Z ritiag from Paris ssys that It is the very general
'pIilis- chat size Pa.ris impeEfectly informed
p Of the lnlssSzF ~ Vte ALenth government, wheT
It spoke OF FRANCE Jo-l2as r'-sa- England in az
e armed mediation
j a large force Of Eaginesrs VIII be faneGiaesIs
i / -. to Canada. 100 p1u1d Armstrong guns sG'
3einV rapidly distributed among the ships prepar
D trg Tor sea. The Defiance an iFon-plated friglts
x to have a crew OF $50 men. She will be manne'
= without the, least difficulty, The Cunard steam
ships AIssralRsian and Fersia are 20 convey troop
% Halifax, and z humber Of others have oee
chartered.
The sore Y steamer Orpheu7, carry ing tsenty-on
guas, called last evening stPly mouth sound whene
he is to convoy the screw tEanspors MsiOourn
-Eilh Ernops, and STOKES "a fna 81 lsAEEeQss
HIlifaz. 80.
of the r ia brigsde. low stationed ss Dublin, an
9 he first battalion Of the IG-I regiment seatione
y at Sheffield, received orders yesteTeay 70 emoaTi
3 4 great mass meeting was held at the rotund
at Dublin to take into consideration the aspect "a
s position Of Irish national affairs ct the present CT
NJ sis.
a Tae following resolution was &doPted:
% RsS0lUed Thas the paPRlaticn Of the kepalHA'
en- fessn, the s.. Lawrence 70 the Cali CT Mexico sc
e from the Atlantic 70 tha Pacific being largely e 2
ye posed OF men OF Irish birth and hood, il would
he unnstural r. 80 "ose that lreil1d c1tid Iemsln
r dtffsrenr,i4 aan .agIaa-i and AmF7
er ResOlJsd lh-> 81 g. tie hour
en- differences. and a uuitsa lily for the ~
e their country
he Resolusd, That ehsiEman twQr
re committee of twenb5-one meY
peen duly AMI Esaarately pro-
ne be chosen by q hnsjority "
ne 70 take into consioer51~
De srRGnIEhtI1n, iH ths.w
Dg and abroad
ey The Ligerpooly
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