Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-16
RUROPEAN ME US.
We copy some additional extracts of foreign intelIi-
gence by the latest arrivals:


In the House Of Lords, Ga the Is b, the Marquis
ClAnrc,rde gave notice that on the 23i be would call
to the recruiting by Federal agents in Ireland
and ask what steps the Government intended to take
| respecting It,
| la the House Of Commons, NJ. Bailey asked the At
torney General whether he OF the opinion when an
Et geh vesse wa captured in nsutrai hArbors by al
American cruiser il was the duty of the Government 70
| wuit for sedeeison in prize court before demanding
teparatou He also asked whether the capture OF the
British vessel Science at kaamOros, was not violation
Of international law and direct act OF hostility TO
| England.
| The Attorney General eaid if an Engliih merchant
vessel was captured by an American vessel in neutral
harbor il would not be the duty oil the Governments
wait the action of prize court befors demanding sats-
faction But with regard TO the Of the Sclerce It
was controyerted whether she captured in Mexican
waters or not In the instructions given to American
erusers nothing could be more dstnc. and clear that
no neutral vesses should be taken in Mexican waters
If therefore American captured Br fish vessss
in Mexican waters they WCud do so In direct contra
venton of their Instructions aud in that case he had no
| doubt the United States would make reparAton.
| In the house of Commons on the 18th, Mr.. Layard
said the Government had official information Of the
capture Of the British chip haraban by the Aabsma.
He also raid thai communication bad been addressed
% the Government with view 10 the recognition o. tue
Empire Of Mexico. The British Government bad bth
erto declined to express nm opinion upon the sub
jecs.
Ia repy TO Mr.. Halliburton, as TO the capture Of
Rebel ship by Federal vessel in the harbor OF Pank-
bar NoVs Scotia Mr. Layard said Lord Lyons ad been
to demand redress but before those nstruc
tons we're received, Secretary Seward had expressed
regret and offered repa'ator.
In the House OF Lords the 25th tbs Earl of Derby
said tnat Lord Russell had declined to produce the
papers he had akked for n reference to the steam rams
ths Saxon aud the Alabama, the ground that their
production would prejudice pending legal proceedings
out il apo red from statement made by GOVERNMENT
in the House Of Commons, tina. there never had been
any objection to produce the papers relating to the
Saxon He Hished whether there was any logger
any objection to produce these papers.
Earl Russell Ell hs bad asked the ADVICE of the law
officers OF the Crown in refusing to produce the pa
pers but the Attorney General had since reconsidered
the question and had now no objection to give the
papers.
Lord Chelmsford asked Ihsn il that the Attorney
General changed MS mind
Earl Russell said the communication he had received
from the Attorney General was 4 privileged commune
cation and be should decline to say when 1t mad
ATTAIAs IN TURKET.
The sams states that the Turkish Trea
sury Is empty and that the Sultan is besieged Nh Pc
ttoas for redress from creditors every time he appears
10 public TIE clerks and employees Of almost all
grades in the various departments Of the government
have received no pay for several months temporary
loan at the most exorbtant rGtce is being negotiated
in Galata to pay moHths salary to all in tie service
| of at the commencement OF the great
fest OF Ramszln, which is just at hand.
An American Dr.. q is IN Constsntnope trying to
OBJ ain permission to build harbor at Jsff and con-
sruct a road thence to Jerusalem. He hopes to accom-
psh these great works within three year,
that they may be used By the Jews their TO
Palestine at the second coming OF the Messiah which
il 10 take ace about that time, he believes. He
| finds no favor with the government
Publ opinion among the natives in ConstAntinople
always been strongly ia favor of the North bat the
grea! foreign population has from the rst inclined 10
the belief that South would gain her indep
The Lsvant Herald the English organ, has filed its
columns fer three years with unmeasufed abuse and
rdiculsof this North
, The DANUBIAE PaIECIPALITIKs.
The Constantinople correspondent of the New Yolk
says that al Southeastern Europe stands upon
the verge OF lternecns GAliCiA is under martial
law. The people of Herzegovina have already passed
vote declaring that they will pay no more taxes TO
Turkey The Montenegrls are KEEP: down only BY the
large military ia the neighb0rng distro SsrVia hiss
armed every peasant aud ready TO improve the very
first opportunity 10 repudiate the authority OF the Sui
ian AID drive the remaining Turks from the for
tresses Toe lately united provinces Of ModaVia and
Walacha are equally ripe for revolt, aud just
the obc; of great oloude the part of the Turkish
government The estates held by the Greek mona.-
ssries have been conHscAssd. Turkey has protested
aud threates to occupy the whole country unleS the
obnoxious act is iepealed.
Three men, named Quincy, McMurdoek and Ferran,
have been arrested aad brought before q Liverpool
Magistrate charged with piracy 10 seizsg the schooner
j. Geiy. The counsel for the American GoVefnme Mt
demanded under the extraditon treaty that the prs-
ouers be sent to New York for trial The defendants
aim to have been justified in their by written
authority from Confederate icals. The magistrate
remand ID the case tillthe Ali OF March.
The British steamer Princess which touched at Malaga
to take in coal has seized by the tores OF that
port Il was discovered that she carried in her hold
some fed cannon, muskets, ammunition and other
like effects The seizure was ELECTED on account OF her
des nation bein unknown
1t is ated that the Emperor Haxmian will arrive
in Paris The frat week in March ius.ead of the end
OF that month lie is also TO sail IRON Trieste instead
of from CherbOurg. fnese changes due to the de-
Law in the arrival Of the Mexican delegation which is
bling him tle vote OF the municipalities, for beng
obliged TO sail about the Is OF April for Vera Cruz, he
could not wait any longer to pay his visits to BfusselF,
Paris ard London.
The Paris correspondent OF the London Post says ell
the Mex can Minister'S financial plaDs are matured-
They include loan of twenty millions stering, five per
cent stock and hs settlement OF the overdue coupons
of the Eaglsh Mexican debt on satisfactory terms
La the Edinburgh Court Of Sessions the Judge has
Fixed tle OF April for the trial of the Pampero case
by Jury and said be had determined TO follow the course
adopted in the Alexandra case. Notcs Of appeal was
given.
VIM MUIR, formerly British COrsal at New Orleans,
died recently in England.
The steamer Great EIsern has been chartered to lay
the Atlantic Telegraph CABLE IN the summer Of 1855.
The Confederate steamer Georgia called from Cher
bsurg (Fiance) on the 18th ut
Nine hundred parsons were killed by the recent ex
plosion OF powder magazine in Morocco.
SPIRITED AND PATRIOTIC ORDER FROM GEN.
i W. II. T. WALKER
HEADQUARTERS, WALKER's DfvIsIoN1
Near Dalton, March 2, 1854.
General Order No. IL.