Evening star., 1863-05-05
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIspA1uHEs.l
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN NEWS.

NEW YORK, May 4.-By the steamship Etna,
We have the following:
The stea mer Great Eastern had been repaired
and noated off the s.gridiron." Her day OF sail
ing had not been fixed yet.
The gunbOat Alexandra, seized At Liverpool
on suspicion Of being designed for the rebels,
was excheQuered on the 2oth. The owners and
builders were expected to be brought before the
magistrates in few days, charged with design
ing to infringe the foreign enlistment act.
There was rumor. however, that the govern
ment would give up the steamer for lack Of
Sufficient evidence.
1t is reported that the government will pre-.
vent further shipments from Ireland Of organ.
lied gangs of men, ostensibly for railroad pur-
poses, but believed TO be for the Northern
armies.
The seizure of English vessels for Mexico,
and the action OF Mr.. Adams in granting Ger.
tifcate to exempt one of them attracts much at
tention.
The government agent had declined to send a
m all agent by the steamers for Matam oras, an d
recommended them not to carry the mails. The
Times denounces this as puslllanimous and
trucking to the designs Of the Federal cruisers
and it calls aloud for stand to be made against
further encroachments On the rights of neu .
trails. Enquiries had been made in Parliament
AS to the course the government intended to
pursue. but Lord Palmerston postponed
answering the question.
The Morning Post says that Mr. Adams com.
mlttsd fatal mistake in granting certificate
of eXCnption. 1t forbears to sneak of his o.. .
traordlnary assumption in strong terms, feeling
confident that the Washington government
will hasten to disavow the act
Mr.. Layar said in the House OF Commons
that the matter was long considered by the
government, but no communication had vet
been made to the American government
ne L INES announces the seizure of the Dol.
phin as worse case than that Of the Peterhoff,
and says that America relies on the extreme
reluctance of England to engage in hostilities
II is reported that the Emperor Napoleon is
greatly offended at the facilities given by MI
Adams for the conveyance of arms to the
Mexicans.
The Paris correspondent of the Times saws it
is thought that the time is not far distant when
France and England will have to assume
another attitude towards America.
Earl De Grey is now the English Secretary
Of War, and Marquis Harrington under secre-
tary.
Increasing apprehensions are felt in Paris
on the Polish question, and it is believed that
il the reply from Russia to the notes of the
three powers are unfavorable, Napoleon will
not hesitate to draw the sword. -
The Polish insurgents continue active
France is making active naval prepara-
THE LATEST, VIA QUEENSTOWN.
LONDON, April 23-The News SAYS it is sus-
pected that the government at Washington has
given secret orders to it's officers, and thinks
that the instance of Mr.. Adams giving q permit
to one vessel supports that suspicion. It says
that the aid given by British merchants to ths
rebels by furnishing supplies furnishes no good
ground for excluding British vessels from COM
merce, and if such an attempt be made by Ad.
miral Wilkes, the British government will put
it down.
The Post argues that Lord Russell acted SEN.
sibly in declining to send a mail to Matamoras
by the steamer Sea Queen. The bank rate has
been reduced to3K per cent
PARIS, April 22-The Journal des Debats
and Journal des Villes have received warning
from the government
THoM. April 22.-Two serious engagements
occurred on Sunday between the insurrection.
Ists and the Russians in the Forest Kampions,
six miles from Warsaw, and at Pultusk The
latter place was burned by the Russians
CoPENHAGEN, April 32.-Prince William has
accepted the crown of Greece.