, 1862-03-05
POLITICAL NEWS UNiMP0RTAhT.
InsuraDces against Risks Of Run
/ ming the Blockade.

PORTLAND, March 4-Ti1e steamer Norwe-
glan, from, Liverpool on the Goth, via London-
derry on the 21st u1t., arrived this morning.
The political news possess No particular in
1crcst.
GREAT TBE1TAIS.-Parliament proceedings
Oh the 1lth were rnimporta1t. The bill au-
thor1zlng marriage TO deceased wife's sister
w:.s passed to 4 second reading in tho COM
mops-224o to 153.
the removal of the prohibition i'll the West
Indies agalnEt the efforts for obtliuing col
ored laborers from any part Of North America,
and adyocates the emigration Of free negroes
from Canada to the West Indies to develop
the cotton culture Of these islands-
It is reported that the Government has said
That there was confirmation Of the news, via
the America that the Spaniards had sustained
decided defeat at the hands Of the Mexicare,
and that the dispatch ofEeinforeenlents Is ren-
dered necessary.
Il il reported at Liverpool that insurances
are daily effected on ships and their cargoes to
run the blockade Of the Southern ports. Tho
highest premium paid Is 10 gulucas, and the
ships arc entitled to select any port. In sosne
instances the risks to ports easy Of access arc
as low as tel gulleu=. Nearly ail the Vessels
t insured are steamers OF 500 tons.
| The telegraph from the Red Sea to London
| is now open.
The iron-pIatcd >{rigatc Warrior is ordered
lIblu d1QFA1tlF 10 EUEtSluUuLQ
FRAScE--1t is run1ored THAT tue Prince Ma
poIeon is dissatisfied with the terms Of the ad-
| dress on the Roman question, and will move
| an amendment for more energetic language
| The bourse continued to be heavy, and on
the 18th the per cent Icntes further declined
| nearly II per cent, COZ Csc. The ~ per cent
| declined more than one per cent, closing at
| 91f
Adceree is published admitting into France,
free Of duty, rough nnd purified cast iron, old
iron bars. hoops and sheet iron, steel in bars
and sheets, and rolled copper, when coming
from abroad and destined for rc-exportation,
after having been converted in French work
| shops into ships, machines, or any other work
in metal. One other decree reduces the inter
| est On Treasury bonds to ~, and So per
| cent, according to the time OF falling due.
The AoHiteEr says tho Government Of the
Emperor has requested information at Rome
respecting the pastoral letter convokine al
Bishops to Rome for the canonization Of Mar
tices. The letter having been published in
| France without being previously comm6nl-
Gated to the Government, Cardical Antouclli
| replied that the invitation was simply j
| friendly one, not obligatory in character, and
only intended to give weig int to the religious
ceremony.
pressed the wish that the Bishops should not
leave their dioceses and must not ask peralis
sion to quit the Empire, except where seri
ous diocesan interests should call them tt
Rome.
~IT1Y.-RoME, Feb. oO.-The police have
1nade many arrests. 4 proclamation Of Ill,
National Committee has been secretly posted
up here The Committee hopes for early suc
cese, but counsels patience.
It is believed Napoleon has given IN assur
ance to tile Pope that the French troops won'1
leave Rome.
a popular manifestation Was prepared tt
celebrate the anniversary Of the capture 0
Gaeta- Numerous patrols trayelscd the street
to prevent its taking place
French journals demonstrate that the mon
arcbial rt5to ration in North America will onl
benefit Spain and Spanish monarcfaial interest
alone existing there.
It is believed that the speech of Prince Ma
polcon on the address Of the Senate will ez
press the real policy Of the Emperor OF til
italian question.
BERLIN 20.-Question between Prussia an
| Austria il continually widening The languag
+ | Of PTussian and Austrian papers is daily NOR
. hcstile-
Agitation in Germany is increasing. Nu
| merous meetings Of the National Associatio
, were to be held in which Prussia WAS expecte
to take tue leadership Austria, by her recen
| conduct, has lost much Of her influence il
The following is a summary Of the news ia
ken out By the City Of New York:
. The Tuscasora left Gibraltar on the 18th in
. slant for Spanish waters She had been watch
Ing the Snmlcf. WHICH -SLut fEmAIQcQ III 1ku
| ra1tar, unable to procure coal
In The House Of Commons, on the 17th, sur
Elementary estimates for the naval and mil
: tary expedition to the Trent affair, am0nntin
: in all to nine hundred and seyenty-threc thou;
: | and pounds Was moyed.sa Unanimously agree
TO- Ina debate on the subject e. brtght strong aH
{ He eaId that the money had been worse tha
: thrown away. These threatening ms
r faces have been quite -, uncalle
: for: and he. gave Earl Russens Fl:
dispatches WHICH, nc ;a1a, 9aa more 4se sce q
e cons demand for Just object which Americ
l. | could not fail to accede to. he refuted th
Ii | idea that the American Government was 1nt1l
s enced by mob, and argued that the interest
( of England were so bound up With those &c.
; America, that it Was in every respect unadV.i
able to inflict sting that might take centur1t
!. to remove.
e Baxter endorsed the tone Of the Governme1
but condemned the tone Of the press
Orders have been received at sheerness
T. dismantie all the gunboats prepared for COZ
a mission under the American 9tihculty: !,
le TIC Dai1u News and the Star publish Il
T. correspondence with Mr.. Seward relative
- the paseage Of British troops through u
: great praise to Mr. Seward for his course
4, The reading Of the address Of the Emper
G. Of France had taken place in the Senate a
~ | was debllcd- Ne auuicss 1SEIEts LQE suI1t
~ Ings inflicted by our civil war on trade a'
s manufactories, but agrees with the EuapeE
"a that the hien1y relations Of two couat1i
T. ~ render neutrality incumbent, and believes th
o. The war will be shorter if not complicated
u - foreign influence
IL From st. Louis
c, ST. LoC1s, March 4-Boats are advertisi
~ ~ forcargoes for the Tennessee and Cumberla
~ rivers. One adyertiEes for Nashville TO- day
r There is no doubt that the rebels have L
d, the fourishing little business town Of Cola
q bus, Ky, in ashes. destroyed the fortia
sn a tions, and taken ~ their guns: troops, d:
III down the river to Fort Randolph, sixty mi
"a above Memphis, located on the bluff one h'
u, dred feet high, and commanding the river
m 'a1 six miles each way. They will it Is presum
e. make stand there.
t. There Is nothing new from Generals Gu
.te OF Price. -: ''
pa Maryland United etAte0 9eRA4ers
as RAITIaoR8, March 4-The maryland Le;
pa latute met In caucus last night and voted
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