Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-11
LATER FROM EUROPE.

ST. JOINS, n. f., Aug. 9.-The steamship
Scotia, from Liverpool, Saturday, Aug. 2, via
Queenstown the Sd, was off Cape Race at 10
o'clock this P. NJ. She has POO passengers,
among them archbishop Hughes. The United
States sloop of war St. Louis was at Madrid
July 22d. The Tuscarora was at Queens
town, supposed to be looking after a new
steamer known as Number 290, bound from
Liverpool for Nassau, designed for the con-
federates, which had put into Hoyhead,
where all her men left her.
The talk about mediation and various ru-
mors were current especially on the conti-
nent, as to intended mediation in American
affairs. The Independence Beige asserts that
France, Russia, and England are negotiating,
and that the two former have made PROPOSE
tons to England, but had received no final
reply. Another rumor is that England has
sent a special envoy to Washington to
urge president Lincoln to to take the
initiative towards peace if he wishes
to avoid offers of mediation. Another
unlikely rumor from Paris is THAT England is
secretly negotiating with Washington to cOun-
teract a possible establishment Of the great
empire of Mexicosand the southern states I'M
der French patronage. All these must be ia
ken for what they are worth, the authorities
being wholly unreliable. The Army and
Navy Gazette has ne faith in English media
ton for some time to come.
Forty merchants and ship owners of Liver
pool having memorialized Earl Russell rela-
tive to the alleged violation of international
law by federal cruisers in the Bahama waters,
Earl Russell replied, through Mr.. Layard, in
effect justifying the proceedings of the cruis-
ers, owing to the practice of sending vessels
a., ID,I tl,o Df
blockade. He recommends strict attention to
the queens neutrality proclamation.
Gen. Pope's proclamation, that his army
must henceforth subsist on the country it is,
has been construed into the adoption of
rapine and provoked some unfavorable COM
ments by the press.
Sir f. B. Head advocates in the Times that
the cheapest defence for Canada is for Eng
land to proclaim system of retaliation, such
as if Americans invade Canada and bnrn To-
ronto, England will lombard and buru Bos
ton, &c.
There had been a party debate in the COM
mons Messrs. Golden and DIsraeli re-
viewed and generally deprecated the ministe-
rial policy during the past session. Lord
Palmerston spoke in its defence. The hasty
action in the Trent affair was denounced and
and defended.
There were rumors of the early marriage
of the Prince of Wales, either to a Danish or
Prussian princess.
Gen. Forey left Cherbourg on the 29th for
Vera Cruz. The embarkation of French
troops for Mexico was progressing briskly.
Gen. Conch would leave Madrid for Paris
on the 2nd of July. His mission is reported
to include an endeavor to establish an under
standing between France and Spain regarding
Mexico.
Bombay kilograms of July 18th report a rise
in cotton and cotton goods.
Latest.
The United States steam frigatc Tuscarors
left Queenstown on the evening of July 1st
destination unknown.
The London Spectator treats the last news
from America as the most disheartening ye
received by the friends of the north, and i
northernpeople. 1t thinks that howeversilen
the masses are, they may yet arise in theil
strength for a last grand effort
At public meeting in Liverpool for re-
lief of the distressed in the manufacturing
districts. Upwards Of El5,000 were sub
scribed on the spot.
The French have re-occupied the Roman
frontier recently evacuated Garibaldi has is
sued Il proclamation to the volunteers to as
semble at Sicily, announcing that the time
of action has arrived. The destination of thu
expedition is unknown.
The Liverpool breadstuffs market July End
closed quiet, flour tending downward Whea
quiet with partial decline.