Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-31

GREAT SUBTRACTION IN ENGLAND ON THE SET
TLEMENT OF TIE TRENT AFFAIR.


TLEMENr OF TIE TRENT AFFAIR.
'' 'i''" ST. JOINS, N. F., Jan. %. .
The steamship City of New York, from
Liverpool on " ednesday the 9Th, via Queens
town on Thursday. 9th inst, passed Cape
Race this (Thursday} morning. Her dates are
4 days later. - 49,, .s.-..i
The steamship Europa, from Boston, ar
rived at Liverpool on the 18th inst. +. FL.
There was considerable disappc intment ex-
pressed in England at the non-receptipn of
definite advices from America relative to the
Mason and Slidell embroglio, and the greatest
anxiety was felt for the new arrival. q
The pirate Sumter had arrived at Cadiz,
where she landed 40 prisoners taken from
three Federal merchant vessels, which she
destroyed. q
Sales of cotton in the Liverpool market, for
TWO days, monday and Tuesday, 10000
bales; market nsetrled, but quotations un
changed .,.. ,'.... .....x9 -
Breadstyfs.-Hard with downward ten
dency, except for corn, which was firm and
upward. r,..i ,t...r ... .l
Provisions and steady. :
Consols.-92l@92sc, foreign money. 81
The steamship City of Washington, from
New York, arrived out on the 9Th. The
steamship Piera, rom Portland, also arrived
on the 9Th. They took out the announce
ment Of the adjustment Of the Trent affair,
which was received with the greatest salts
faction. Consols Immediately advanced from
to II per cent. t"s - s'F7' tH1''2" q
4 The U. S. gunboat, Tuscarora had arrived
at Southampton, to watch the Nashville,
which was there ready for sea. aa o-is -.
The sales of cot on Wednesday, was over
10000 bales at considerable advance market
excited and upward. ~ -e %. F'i''a .s
- Breadst, fs-Quet and steady. a5-'... !.
Conso 's.-Advanced, 9311, foreign money.
Some journals argue that definite answer
was not to be expected by the Europa, apo
think the cause of peace loses nothing by
''elay. Others construc the delay unfavora-
bly,. The Morning Post thinks it dimin-
ishes the hopes of peace. and that the
Washington Government will propose COM
promise which will not be for a moment en-
tertained. The Times asks why should the
decision be delayed, if favorable for peace,
and says the immediate surrender Of Mason
and Slid II would have been a greater blow to
the Confederates than victory on the Poto-
mac, and worth millions to the Federal ex-
chequer ' 'a
Rn-sell, in his correspondence to the Lon
don Times. predicts that the Cabinet at Wash
ington would refuse to surrender Mason and
Slldel He also says that victory by the
Federal army has become a political necessi-
ty, and that Gen. Mcclellan is being pressed
on all sides to make a forward movement.
The advices by the Europa caused an up.
ward tendency in war risks at Lyons.
The Paris Patris and Pays say that the
government at Washington offered to restore
Mason and Slidell on condition that ngland
would not recognize the Southern Conteder
acy.tc .A a. 20 .r"f
The London Morning Herdd' says that
if the Mason and Slidell affair is settled, Eng
land and. France have an inducement on com
mercial grounds to recognize the wellearnee
Independence of the G ,nfederate States, ahe
that unless the stand is lnanfully taken BY
1 the Ministers at once it is certa to be taken
by Parliament on its assembly. Q +a2d
ID The Daiiy lNe,Dsy says that any recognitib1
1 of the Confederate States is too abhorent Il
English principle to be really reall 2 subject TO
apprehension. -.
Additional batteries Of artillery were un
der orders to embark IA ..os5 yas.
The London Times shows that by the be
ginning Of February the squadron Of Admira
Milne will number line-of-battle ships, 81
frigates, 25 corvettes and sloops of war.
/ The privateer Sumter, on arriving OFT Cadi
with the officers and crews of three FEEDERS
I merchant vessels, solicited permission to- en-
ter the port. The American Consul demand
ed that the request should be refused, but
was granted en- condition, that the prisoner
should be placed under the, protection 9
Spain, and the Sumter then entered the poi
without being saluted. 1twas rumored tba
the American Consul would leave on accour
} kofl the resolution of Spain.od slail 5 .looa
slr.sThe British Parliament is summoned to al
:; tsemble on the 9th of February. yss zsx
r Ll1c G1ason, Nous a0ths-A coup D. etat ohs
; hkena placer At Pskin.o The Cabinet have bee
2 e1imprisoned sndanew Ministry bean furnisl
\ led. Cd % sagos 20 2Lir oi -sona5s z mi
Jkd edt ni LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. sfi~ 5ls
. IsaThe City ofaWasbipeton aaad Iurs lbet
',lasritad hsse onths s0th and sheought the b