The New York herald., 1863-09-24
EUROPEAN NEWS.

EUROPEAN NEWS.
| The steamship China. from Queenstown on the
18th Of September arrived at this port early yes
terday morning. Her news is three days later
than the report of the Etna.
The most important point Of the intelligence is
| the confirmation of the fact-Hrst announced in
the HERALD yesterday morning. in letter Of our
London correspondent the British govern
ment had determined to dstain the Laird rebel
iron rams in the Mersey. The London Post-the
government organ-prepared the public mind for
such step by reporting that 1t would be taken.
and the latest report from London assures us that
Earl Russell had given Mr.. Adams, the United
States Minister, written assurance to that effect
| The privateer Florida has been seized in the
| port of Brest, under French law writ sued out
| by shipowner named Menier, who claims an in
demnity of 100000 francs for one of his vessels
! seized by the rebel commander. Mr.. Slidell has
tened from Paris to Brest in order to relieve her
/ if possible.
| Commerce of Bordeaux, France. as to whether
! the Alabama was pirate or belligerent cruiser.
II was decided that under Napoleons neutral
proclamation describing the rebels as bellgerents,
she must be regarded as vessel engaged in legti.
mate warfare.
We publish to-day a description Of the two
ships which are being built at Nantes, in France,
and supposed to be destined for the service of the
rebels. They are to be Of great speed. and
will be delivered to their owners twenty miles
out at sea. Their ultimate destination was not
known.
"a Confederate" a correspondent Of the Lon
don Tn'es-who is described by that journal as
:" gentleman who ought to understand what he
undertakes to expain"-reples at great length to
Mr.. Stewards recent circular. He either fatty de-
MES or endeavors to explain away the assertions
of the Secretary. seridtin,. The London Times
notices the communication very favorably in an
editorials but the writer is obliged to confess, In
the end, that the rebels have sustained signal re.
verses Of late and that the day for intervention
had almost passed.
Earl Russell alluded pointedly to the American
question in the course Of public speech in Dundee
Scotland He stated that England could not be
forced to depart from her neutrality, and that the
rebel chances of intervention by the Pamerston
Cabinet may be regarded as ended
La France and La P,esse, Of Paris, with the
London hader-the Ango-rebel organ-print art
Giles approving of JEFF. Davis plan to arm and free
the slaves Of the South as final stroke of war
policy.
Letters from Paris state that the French govern.
ment was more and more perpexed daily relative
to the affairs Of Mexico. A correspondent says
"With the United States menacing for attempting
to subdue Mexico, and with the Confederates
probably in very uncertain cue and, if eager for
his alliance, in too critical position to be alto.
gether acceptable allies the direction of his future
transatlantic policy must at the present moment
be the Emperor's greatest perplexity."
despatch from Paris dated on the llth instant,
states positively that Macmillan had accepted the
crown Of Mexico.
NJ. Michel Chevalier made speech at the Coun.
Gil General of his department. in which he said
that true democracy was spreading over the
world from France. The London Times, in very
article denies this and says that the French
government II merely refined military despo-
tism, and that Napoleon cannot compare with
Francis Joseph Of Austria, or even the Gar Alex
| ander, in their appreciation and development of
the principles Of free and popular institutions.
An official return shows that the French army
on "peace footing"-numbers four hundred and
twelve thousand men and eighty thousand horses.
BY calling on the reserves il can be sweed to
seven hundred thousand men.
The Russian replies to the Western Powers on
the subject Of Poland were expected in London,
Paris and Vienna when the China sailed. The
Poles had sustained some severe defeats in the
field.
The King Of the Greeks was to leave Copen.
hagen for Athens on the 18th inst. He was to visit
st. Petersburg, Paris and London en- route.
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field returned home in the China,
the contract for laying the Atlantic telegraph
cable in 1864 being perfected. When Mr. Field
was on board the China at Queenstown, on the
18th inst, he received telegraphic news from
| Omsk, in Siberia, . distance Of five thousand
miles, dated on the 18th inst. the day previous;
also news from Alexandria, Egypt-a distance of
| two thousand Eve hundred miles. fourteen hun.
| drcd being submarne--dsted on the 18th inst,
with the very latest intelligence from the cont.
mental capitals. all of which appears in our columns
| this morning.
| Our correspondents in Berlin furnish some in
tcrestng matter detailing the latest aspect Of the
| great Prusso-Germanic question, the celebration
of the ffteth anniversary Of the death Of the
German patriot, Korner, with an account Of the
assembage and organization Of the Social Science
| Congress in the capital.
| Consols closed in London on the l2th inst. at
93,k q 931a for money. The rebel cotton loan was
entirely neglected. The Liverpool cotton market
was buoyant the 18th inst, and holders de-
manded advance. Breadstuffs inactive
| and prices unchanged. Provisions were quiet,
but steady.
The steamship America from Liverpool on the
10th, via Londonderry on the ilth inst, passed
Father Point at seven O'Clock yesterday morn
| ing The news has been anticipated by the ad.
| vices by the China.
MISCELLANE0us NEWS
We have another accession to our list Of foreign
naval visitors, the two Russian steam frigatcs
whose presence OF New London and other points
| to the east has been noticed In the HERALD for
the past two days having arrived in the East river
| yesterday. They came through the sound and
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