The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-26
Two DAYS Later from Europe.

Halifax, Feb 22-'rhe royal mail steamship
Niagara, from Liverpool at clock On the al.
ternocn Of the Suh, Via Queenstown 9th, arrived
he,c at . clock this evening.
GREAT DRiTAI N.--Lord Russell reports the
substance OF conversation he had with Yancey
Rost ana Mann, The delegates who waited upon
him to urge recognition OF Goniederates lie
answer to THESE gentlemen was chat Tn. ldL4
would Of serve strict neutrality. LORD Nussc!
and ilcr Majesty cannot acknoWled ge The ,nl.-
pcndence vi nlno State until the fortune Ui agMs
" ii more peaceful mode OF negotiation shall
nave more clearly determined the respective }a-
-lIl0ns OF the Duiil,trcnts.
There IS Il short note written as late as D..
ccinber ~, which shows that even then Tie
british Ministry believed IL The probability oIl
wur With the United States. Lord Lyons is d.
recteu T., speak with Seward Oh the subject Of
letters OK lnarque, and 10 say that IN Case Of
war Great Britain: is wiling To abolish }rlya
teerng as between the two nations, il President
Lincoln will make u similar engagement on the
| part of she United State.
| In The House OF Lords ON the It'll, Earl C,g.
narvon inquired us u the truth If the arrAt
and Imprisonment of Canadian subject naMyl
Shepherd by order OF Mr.. Seward. lie CON.
States, il facts were correctly reported, and is.
pccialiy On the demand that Shepherd shvuli
take the oath vi allegiance " the United States,
us i. condition OF his release.
Earl Russell, who was all but inaudbe, Va:
understood to SAY that the main facts Vi u"
case were correctly reported, but as soon as LlFl
Lyons was informed Of il he applied 70 Nj.
Seward, Who replied that The cath OF allegiance
Was rendered Shepherd under the heiiel that .r
Was an American, and his release was suDs:-
quently obtained on condition that LIE saOalG
not 80 into the Southern States.
la the House OF Commons on the 1;h. Nj
Gregory said he reiralned Oh The previous r'en-
ms tloil addressing the House while Tie Az
dress 10 the Queen was being discussed because
hc thought it undesirable 10 lntrutjuc: topics
which in'sht give rise to L debate bat he TEL!
that the blockade OF the Southern ports by INT
Federal Government was wholly ineffective, anu
simply ii block de upon paper. Upon future
occasion he believed he should be III IL position
10 show that the character of the blockade was
such that IN justice to boIh the bcIligcrent lar'
ties 1t ought 10 receive full discussion at ne
hands Of the Government
Mr.. u. 7. B.ntnck expressed satisfaction AZ.
Mir. Gregory announcement To bring the qnes
ton OF blockade before the House. His OWN
opinion was, that recognition of the paper
blockade would be IL violation of the rules Of in'
tcrnatlonal law, and it was the duty OF the
country 10 consider seriously the position i"
which we were placed.
The TINES, in an editorial upon the position
OF American affairs, says that in the last six
months America has contrived to spend NOR
money IN shorter time and to less purp1s'
than any people who ever lived on the face '
the earth, and that is all that has literally been
done during this period, 1t then proceeds T.
argue that the subjugation of the South and .
future Union has becone impossible.
| FRANCE.
M. Hautefeuille, the we'll know writer On lN'
ternalional law, urges in the Rerue ConieM~'
rdrinc the meeting of IL congress to settle rishi'