Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-05
FOREIGN NEWS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4


The following is per steamer Asia;
Tho Pope of Rome, in response to the
manifesto of tie Confederate States sp
plauds the pacific sentiments expressed
therein, and deplores the further continu-
snce of the bloody struggle between the
n orth and South. He will not fail tc
avail himself of favorable opportunity
to urge peace.
The Shipping Gazette says that the ad-
vices from Nantes confirm the report that
ex- President Juarez has issued letters-of
marque TO Americans, against the French
shippig, and especially against the steam
ers of the French Trans at tlantic Compa'
ny. One oi these steamers, having on
board f2O0, 600 in specie, was conveyed
from Vera Cruz by French man of-war
The 17zay and Nary Gazette ridieules
the idea that Sherman was obliged tC
leave Atlanta.
The London Times has an editorial on
the letter of Secret Iry Seward, in reply
to Lord Wbsrnclife's application 20 dis
tribute aid among the rebel prisoners. Il
says that it is no slight testimony to the
course taken by Her Msiesty's Govern
ment, in its dealings with Federal Amer
ica, that Seward, with snimous he cannot
conceal, is driven TO make the most of the
opportunity offered him by person irres
ponsible as 3 representative OF the British
nation. Bis letter indicates that he il
prepared to make the most OF the least of
fetal slip that might be made on the part
of the British Cabinet, or any of its repre-
sentatives Mr.. Seward must be hard
driven when he finds it Necessary 70 ex
press so much indignation at SO triding an
/ affair.
The Times questions the VISION and
good tasts of Lord Whsrncliff's Offer bu
it repudistes Mr.. Stewards charges sgAinst
the British people, and concludes by say
ing that he knows that in every one o.
the questions raised by the existing eivi
war we are only moving in the lines al
ready laid down by the lawyers, the
statesmen, the conscience, and the public
opinion of the United States. We are il
the same case as they are and whstevei
abuse Mr., Seward chooses to lavish on Vi
simply recoils on the heads of his Owl
people .------
A letter published in the city article Of
the Times, on the trading regulations with
the South, contends that they are calcula
ted toimPede rather than promote traffic
He asserts that the only svoidGble channe
for getting cotton is through the blockade
and that the difficulties of this trade have
been increased, not by the great efficiency
Of the blockade, but by the regulations o
the Confederate government, tending t
| give itself monopoly of the profits o
Blockade running.
The weekly returns Of the Bank o
France exhibit an increase of nearly TIVE
and half million francs. The Bank o
France has reduced its discount from fvt
to four and one-hRlf per cent.
The Lyons Progress announces that tn,
cotton crisis is drawing to a close in tht
department of the Rhine, where lsrg
arrival OF the raw material have revived
that branch Of industry.
The Paris bourse on the 23d was 1at.
Rentes were easier and closed at G5l
zoe.
SPAn.-The Cortes opened on the %,
of December.
The Queens speech gives the hope Of
prompt solution TO the reunion question
but is silent on the subject Of ST. Domingo
1t ssys that Spain has no ambitious pro
iects on South American Republics.
As regards Mexico, the speech says tha
the Official communication of Maximilian'
accession to the throne of Mexico is tn,
commencement Of new era in the 20
litical relations between, Spain and Mex
co, hitherto unfortunately interrupted.
Another paragraph in the speech is a
follows: am bound to state that thegen
eral condition of the monarchy, cousideret
in all its extent, is not very satisfactory