The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-08
Late European IntsIligence.

The following paragraphs are from the Mas.
ssu correspondent Of the Charleston Courier,
who writes under date Of Jan. IA
From the English journals we observe that
the distress in Lancashire ID assuming appall-
iuG proportions. The number of operatives
out Of work at the last repert was 265 1000
every ONE Of them dependent upon charity
and rated as outdoor paupers. Large public
meetings are being held al over England for
the purpose of raising funds to support the
sufferers. The colonies are also responding
to the cry Of distress. Means are about to be
taken here, In Nassau, to commence q sub
scripton. Az . public meeting held in Lon.
den, Lord Stanley has made a speech in which
the following SENTENCE appears:
He expressed a hePe that we shonld soon
have seen tho worst That depends on when
The American war shall terminate If it lasts
another year We have not by any means seen
the wsrkt should il last five years, the ruin
Of Lancashire will be irl letrievable."
TheDpblia University Magazine, for De.
cenber has an article on the Lancashire trou.
bes, entitled Men, Masters and Gotten,
After portrayng the suferingS of the opera.
tiveS, and paying tribute to their patient and
orderly conduct, the writer makes these sig.
nihcant reHlarksi1Yl
"lt new appears tbAtthe cotton crops have
betn but partially deGt Dyed, An immense
quantity awaits tile breaking Of the blockade
for shipment. Her Majesiy's Oensul at Char.
lcston sets down the total stook Of cotton in
I the SSuth Bt 8, $50 900 bales Is il not worth
running ritk te obtain this supply and light
up alibe faetery Urea again ad iaobla
The aid oAered by public contributions will
GOon cease. What then il to be denef II has
now been shown that the most lndiR can de
for Us iS very little. All our substitutes have
failed. We are thrown back on the Southern
American prsduce. The eyes sf tens Of thoug.
mds are strained Westward 10 discern tho
irststreal;s Of an approaching peace which
will restore happiness to the desolatsd homes
Of Lancashire. We haze no other hope--ns
other rsiiance.n tui~-lNRo)
The Italics are my own. Another influential
periodical, the United Service Magazine, in
the December number, says: h0-eIl'@v + 2.
I'VE shall nsysr be free from embarrassment
until We make up eur minds to recognize the
Confederacy, and thus do more 20 put aa end
10 Othe missries Of The war in America and en-
forced idleness ia Lancashire, than il we joined
n the half measure of mediation, proposed by
France, which, il not backed by fsroe, would
only irritats and give q little fresh strength to
the LincSln Government"
The great powers are getting into o wrangle
over the vacaut throne OF Greece. Russia and
France look with Jealousy upon the movement
to make Prince Alfred, Of England, the success.
sor Of Ohio. Tho Paris papers are exceeding
y bitter about III The lateatreperts have it
that England has declined the proposed honor
and is trying to persuade the Greeks TO take
Ferdinand, OF Sake Ceburg, who is hnsman 10
Prince Alfred, and father of the present King
cfPortugal. To ocomphcaie matters still more
It is stated that Ferdinand IL decidedly averse
toleaving his diehl6ed retirement and accept.
ing 4 position which every one knows will
not bc 4 bed Of reses. II Is said that some Of
the leading (irseIss ARE advocating the cleo
lion nSof Mr. w. ~ Gladstone the English Chan
cellor Of Erchequer, TO their throne. Mr.
Ghdstone, II not royal nSnenity, is one Of the
ablest statesmen of tie age, and QUE Of The
moAt eminent Greek scholars Of any age. el,