Washington telegraph., 1864-03-09
From the London Correspondence of the N. Y.
Times.

II
Is the rumor day. He has placed his
resignation in the hands of Her Majesty.
IN some Pickwickian fashion nreSume
ana VIII retire if she can S pare him
Eng iand has determined to defend Den
marx II the worst comes to worst, and
Earl hussell is committed to the Ger.
man side OF the quarrel An English
meet, 1t Is said, has been sent to the
Adrlatic, to act against Trieste and We
nice, and another is ready to leave Tor
the Baltic. This looks like var-so
does the gathering of the Austrian and
frusslan troops on the Elder; but the
general opinion still is that peace will
be preserved, and, threatening as mat
ters have seemed for a few days past, |
am still in that belief.
The Emperor Napoleon is busy. per
haps at home. There is a small but
troublesome minority in his model Par
Lament, which talks about finances,
Mexican expeditions, liberty of the
press, and such matters. Possibly, he
las had scarcely time to think of Dem
mark. Possibly, he is thinking of the
left bank of the Rhine. Possibly, also,
he is III full accord with the British gov
ernment, as its organ asserts. That he
is strong enough in France TO do what
ever he may wish to do is evinced by
the fact that the subsc; iptions to the re
cent loan were ten times greater than
the amount required.
a few days more and the session will
open. Lord Palmerston has issued cards
for his full dress dinner to open the scs-
sion, and Mr.. Disraeli, the conservative
leader, will soon do the same. Nothing
can be begun, carried on, or ended here
without eating dinners.
As the premium on gold goes M in
New York, Confederate stock rises in
London. 1t has been down to 80. 1t is
up to 60. There are some quiet move
ments going on here that are producing
confidence in those who sympathizc
with all rebellions but their own" The
speeches of Mr.. Spence, published by
Bentley, are sown broadcast. Active
agents are going round among the bus
mess houses of London, and every com
mercial town in the kingdom, getting
signers to petitions to the Government
to do something to stop the war These
petitions, believe, are signed hy almost
every ole who is asked. [ was tolI a
few days ago in a business house in
leicester Square. that two or three hun
dred signatures We're obtained in single
establishments. There is hard pinch
now Oh commercial and manufacturing
classes. The cost of cotton i, draining
the country of specie; the discount rates
Ia to .rf-.,t -,
Is simply luln to men trading with Il
small margin of profit. am more and
more convinced that a far strongcr-eflort
will be made at the coming session than
heretofore for recognition Even Mr..
Scholefield, the colleague of NJ. Bright,
in the representation of Birmingham, is
an officer in a Southern InCicJ cmllenco
Association" where lie figures with the
most noble the Marquisses ii b lth aud
I.othin, with Lords Robert and Rusface
Cecil, with the Right Honorable Lords
WharEciiffc and Campbell. &c. This
and similar associations had not been
idle during the recess, and [ shall be
much disappointed if a very strong
pressure is not brought to bear upon the
Government, in which case thc rcsigna-
tion of Earl Russell, should it !o accept
ed, will be no common misfortune. No
doubt he is one of the most unpopular
Of ministers, but he is also one OF the
most respected, and his dogged obstina-
cy of character is not easy to get over.
Great efforts are now making to stop
tie emigration from Ireland to the United
States, so far, at least, as its object is
to strengthen the Northern armies |
mentioned the letter Of John Mitchell to
leading paper in Dublin. The letter
OF bis holiness the Pope, though bat a
pious expression of wish for peace
suitable to the head of the Church, also
has its influence. as it seems a recogni-
ton of Mr. Davis's official pOsition.-
And now we have an officer of the Con
federatc army in Ireland, with letters to
several Bishops, whose mission is to in
duce them to use their influence in favor,
at least, of non-intervention.
CoTToN 1t is remarkable, says the
Boston Ira veler, that notwithstanding all
the avenues we have opened into the
planting States; most of the cotton re-
ceived is that which has run the blockade