The Portland daily press., 1865-03-14
THREE DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Hansa at New York.

NEW YORK, March 10.
Steamship Hansa from Southampion morn.
ing OF the I'd inst arrived this evening.
Steamship Africa from Boston, arrived out
\ on. the 9th ult. Is
/ GREAT BRITAIN.
| The London Times hopes the public have
| fully digested the Official intellioence nj NJ
Stewards proposals OF terminating the Ameri-
can war by combined attack on some foreign
power, most probably England, rather than
France, anu says: I'VE must admit the
scheme OF extrlnsic policy which the Con-
iederate ENJOYS seemed chiefly to favor. shows
considerable ingenuity to confederats in
teresls. By the time the extrinsic policy had
been carried into execution and ended. the
| federals would have become accustomed tn
| live without the Confederates, seeing in the
| Southern republic only u kindred State and
natural ally. Seward has most considerate-
iy iorewarned us, andit will not be our fault if
| we are not found forearmed.
Sir Frederick Bruce succeeds Lord Lyons
at Washington.
Moore was elected member of Parliament
for 1lpperary, by ajority over Gill OF 1853
| votes.
La the House of Lords, Feb. 9th, Lord
Taunton presented a petition from Australia
praying for the immediate abolition of the
transportation of convicts. So
Lord Granville said the government would
abolish the system.
In the House of Commons, the adjourned
debate on Mr. Hennessy's motion respecting
the state OF Ireland was resumed. The House
divided and the motion was negatived by 1O7
to 81 votes
Napoleon's preface to his "Life of Julius
Cesar is published in all the London journals.
The Pope has ordered its immediate examin-
alton when published.
The Times thinks the Spanish Queens
sacrifice of her patrimonies useless, and that
the Spanish minister is pursuing a suicidal
course.
The Confederate loan declined 2 per cent.
on the Africa's news; being quoted at 4S a so.
m FRANCE.
+ Few of the Paris Journals comment on
Napoleon's History of Julius Caesar.
ITALY.
The King has signed an amnesty for all
acts connected with the Turin riots.
SPAIN.
Narvaez says the finances and the country
are in an unsatisfactory condition.
PORTUGAL. ilts
The Duke of Louie stated in the Cortez
that he was endeavoring to reconstruct the
cabinet efficiently, and that If he should be
unsuccessful he would resign.
scHLEswIG.
The Assembly OF Delegates from Schleswig
Holstein, resolved that the inhabitants of the
Duchies should leave TO the Duke of Angus
tenburg and the Diet, the conclusion of such
treaties with Prussia as would be for the in
terests of the whole of Germany.
Prussia rejects the proposal of Austria pro-
visionally to transfer the government of the
Duchies to the Duke of Augustenburg.-
Prussia demands conditions before the settle
ment of the question.
PRUSSIA.
The Prussian note to Austria demands the
right to levy sailors in the Duchies for the
Prussian navy; the cession to Prussia of ter.
ritory for the establishment of canal to con-
meet the German ocean with the Baltic, at
each mouth of which large fortified docks are
to be erected for Prussan men-ofwar. The
postal aud telegraphic departments of the
Dnchies are to be under Prussian direction
The Holstein contingent is not to quit the
Federal army