Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-28
LATER FROM EUROPE.

LATER FRoM EUROPE.
The steamship City of Washington from
liverpool on the loth,:via Queenstown op the
l4th, has arrived. -.
Governor Eyle, OF Jamaica. has Deen s'ls-
nended from tie exercise Of his functions peod-
inc the official Inquiries into his conduct, and
Sir Henry Stork appointed temporarily II MS
place. He sails on the 18th OF December TOR
Jamaica The Times says the position Of
Eyre will be that OF agovernor on leave Ihe
Morning Post Thinks 5he suspension OF Eyre
NAV have bad effect on the negroes
At the Fenian court on the l2'h Inst y
Donovan occupied the whole day ID his own
defence. He was sentenced 10 transpoE-
tation for life.
# IS rumored that Governor Rich aond, Of
Bridewell, has absconded.
tits reported that France has given England
six months notice to terminate the existing
treaty because Of the: strict ft'IaIltles required
before French offenders are gwen up y<zl,
The Emperor Of Austria arrived at resin,
Hungary, On the 18th, and was received aWaln
much ceremony and enthusiasm. In response
10 speech Of the ,BufgonIaster, he sald he
visited them ful2of co1fidsnce and expected full
confidence in return. ~T..
The death Of BIZ geve;nS al American II
China was likely CO glX5 trouble 20 the lliiaeoe
! Government Reports now state that he was
drowned while in irons ihe V. 2; yonSpl
2 declares that their treaty: with the y; :; has
been violated. Piracy IS. Increasing 60 an
alarming extent ~,
letter received in J.lverpooi conf the
stateu.entt that Stephens the Eenlant ilad ar
rived safe in Paris
The London Observer says that Napoleon Is
annrah that Macmillan has followed his
F;mnress to Europe, and has prevailed upon
the Mexican Minister az Paris to proceed 70
Mexico ana endeavor to dissuade MACMILLAN
from abdicating his throne. He would sail On
the 18th. The Observer thinks be Will not be
n time and that Macmillan viii be IN Europe
before New 7 ears. Z? ;,
IN Austrian decree extends amnesty to ali
convicted for completely 10 the Polish lnsurrec-
t was OK pected the Bank Of England would
raise the rate OF discount to seven per CT
The joint note Of England and France, pro
posing certain terms for Che settlement ot The
(9hiliau difficulties, was.rece;yed at Madrid 10
the 9th. The result was not known.
LIVERPOOL, De@embe; IA. Cotton closed
buoyant, With slight ad vance Breaos5Itts
Quiet and steady Provisions steady. w
. LONDON December ii. ---Consols Closed: at
987(6S7h q: S?aEive,,tWentles 635(965z'H
An INrEsRo oAgoRY. Y ess erday morning,
whilst the Hastings CourSI,. was engaged III
business If au uulnterestibg character and the
tr0eiabersof the bar&Were reading the morning
rstjers.t glaueng over the, rusty TONES Lofthe
law. yawning and cl3atting with each other, a
aarned it'd Of the latter te 10 discussing the
resolutions offs s9, ST. - 80 ,sta5es Il ghts,
ST. ii11,4r ma oti,nr' fossil s11},ieefs
# a kindye:! character, urging Jhelr points afd
answering those OF thsir 2fEIersa11es- Win as
much Zeal and vehesn as Though the ISSUES
were Of an actual, living chafacEer.l and luVolyYd
the fer<otlarGe fees from the pockets oi
Isjeifs .toT their:OHn.s AS tie t3lscusslon plf-
sr,assed awitness-as toihetnumbeGot Whose
drinks since breakfast We zwlli make no conjqc
tTre-leauing over tie railing, near which the
.rbree gentle men sat, listened With the most
: aahsorIad interest, nodoing an occasional assent
a. ae'o one or another Of the disputants took:
nosition with which he agreed, until finally, a
i1,ause, occurring ID the debate, the attentive
listener stammered out, W ell, gentleme en-
can yo11tell me is, the conscrpt law legalY.' LIT
) e almost superfuous to add that the debate
ceased under thepressure OF his lnterrogatory
-FPetersburg Express. ..lL 5 - .:.,,. +
- The difficulties betweent the South Carolina
planters and the freedmen settled on the aban-
s oned plantations of the Sea. Islands and along
the sea coast, in consequence OF the latter refu-
sing to- surrender the lands to the former, have
Z, not yet been adjusted. 1 -: