Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-16
FOREIGN NRWs.
Arrival o. he slsansF nuropa.

detained A. Qgcehstouu ltll the - ~ o..
der Of The GOEsFuusnt.
She has the Quesa's meslsngOEOh board
With dispatches for Lord LyohI
LoSDoH, Dec. lSL-Ths OAstyrtr states
that the 6oVsr1mshl has demanded from
President Lincolu and bis Cabinet the res.
,orAuou Of The PsFSonS Of the Southern
EnToyI TO the British GoVsFaneuI. Yes.
,eriAy after o'clock P v, her Majesty
held q priYy council Al Windsor Castle.
Three Of her MinisieFi, including the 6FJt
Lord Of the Admiralty, aad the Secrets
tiei OF State ana War, travelled from Loo.
don 70 WindiOr By special train TO DO
present Previous 10 leaving toWn the
three Ministers bad attended Cabinet
Coaneil Al Lord PAlmsrstOns olhelAi real.
denee.
Tue O5jtrPsr also says that special
messenger Of the foreign oEice has been
ordered 10 carry to Washington the de-.
mAuds q the British GorsrnmeuL for Lord
Lyons and will proceed to-day BY pAcks,
from Queenstown.
The public will be satisfied 10 know thA,
the demands are for An apology and to in.
sist on those who were violently aod lille
gally torn from that sacred asylum.
The ObierrSr adds: There Is no reason
why they should not be restored to the
quarter deck Of the British ADMIRAL a,
New York or Washington itself 10 the face
OF some tea or twelve mon oi.War, whose
presence In tho Potomac would render the
clustering cAbiuct at Washington AZ help,
less as the Trent was before the guui aud
eallAsses Of the San Jaelnto It's no fault
Of ours II it should come even 70 this.
The arrangements for Increasing the
force in Canada are mol yet complete, bat
10 very few hourI everything will be set.
lied In the meantime large ship, the
Melbourne, has been taken up, aud Is now
being loaded with Armstrong guus, some
$4,000 Enfeld rifles, ammunition and 9th.
er stores, At WOolWich. Il is not impossi-
bic that this vessel will be escorted BY one
ortwo ships Of war. The rifles are intend.
cd FOR the CAnAdi'n militia, and strong
reinforcement Of field artillery will be dis.
patched forthwith.
The TimsI City article Of the 30th SAYS
the position Of the Federal States Of Amer
lean is almost identieAliy in every CONNER
clal point, with that whlch was occup.ed
towards us by Russia before tue Crimean
war. Russia had a hostile tariff while we
looked 10 her for large portion OF our
general supply of breadstufFs, but there Is
this peculiarly In our present case, that
the commencement would be by the break
ing Of the blockade Of the Southern ports
at Ouce setting free our industry from the
anxiety Of "A cotton fImine, and giving sure
prosperity to lancashire through the win.
ter, Attic same time We shall open our
treaty to 100000 in the Confederate
Sa'cs, who desire nothing better than 10
be our customers.
At the Priry council on Saturday an or
der was issued prohibiting the export from
the United Kingdom, or CARRYING Coast.
wise glnpOwdsr, salt petre citrate Of soda
and birthstone. The Times has no hone
that the Federal Government will comply
with the demands Of England.
The Morning Star declares that the state.
ment Of instructions having been sent 10
Lord Lyon 5 to obtain the restoration of
the Confederate Commissioners or TO take
Of Washington was premature, and so er.
aggerated MS TO be eventually untrue.
The Liverpool Courier beIiyes that the
Warrior has been ordered to Annapolis.
with tue ultimatum Of the British govern.
ment.
Goth.
The London Timca ia abiding TO the de-
cisiou Of the British Cabinet that the ar.
resrof Mason and SlidelI Is clear viola.
lion Of the law Of nations, believes that
Lord Cyons will be instructed By the first
steamerf to demand PREPARATION, aud il not
complied with, will he instructed to With
draw the legation from Washington.
LirapoOi, Dee. 2.-Thc steamer Persia.
has arrived here.
BreadstuTs are fat, and all qualities
have declined, slightly influenced by the
hope Of peaceful solution Of the San
lacinlo affair
LONDON, 3d.--A letter from Gen. Scott
in favor of the maintenance OF friendly re-
Ations between England and American,
attracts much attention
The export Of arms, ammunition and
lead to America is prohibited,
The Paris Patris has au editorial fore
shadowiHg the disposition of France TO
recognize the Southern CoRfederacy, IL
England sets the example.
When the Europa sailed, there was
more hopeful look, and cousols aud cotton
slightly improved, but utter digesting the
toae Of the American p:e+s, reaction set
in, aud fears were entertained that the
Washington Government would Justify the
seizure OF Mason and Slidell.
The English journals are very bitter and
hostile, eonEInuingto treat the affair as an
intolerablc insult, The instructions to
Lord Lyons, on which the Cabinet was
unanimous, are explicit aud determined.
The London Poa says An Acknowledg.
ment Of error and surrender Of the pris.
oners will be received with great Joy, but
If the Federal Government fails to comply,
40 man 10 Euglaud will, his eyes to the
alternative that England must do her duty.
The London Tines continues to assert
that it has been Mr.. Stewards policy to
force quarrel With England, aud calls for
energetic military preparations in Canada.
A serious decline is daily taking place 10
Canadian securities, Smouutingg TO 70 per
cent.
The London Times predicts three things
TO Immediately follow an outbreak With
the United States, namely: The de.
sEruction Of the Southern blockade !;
the complete blockade Of the Northern
ports, and the recognition oFthe Southern
0onfederacy BY France aud England. The
Daily Ne.os requires that the American
Congress meets before the English demands