Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17
Foreign News.
lrelegrophcd by the Atlantic Cable.

HEARTS CONTENT, AUG. s.-IIer
Majesty's ship Terrible and the steamer
Albany left on Wednesday morning, Aug
LIST, and the Great Eastern and Midway
sailed at o'clock on Thursday morning
All the vessels are fully supplied with coal
and provisions. The members of the OK
petition are determined to recover and COM
plctc the cable of 1865. if it be possible.
The Great Eastern has about 5000 tons of
coal ON board and provisions for six
months cruise.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 0.-The officers of the
British Customs Service have seized six
blockade runners at this port, on behalf of
| the United States Government
ST. PETERSBURG, Friday, Aug. 10, 1866.
An Imperial decree has been published
directing the immediate issue of S15000,000,
forming the second portion Of the reserve
bonds of the general debt, to pay the inter-
est on the foreign loans and avoid new
loan.
Another decree has been published dir
Getting that the Russian language. not the
Polish, shall be used hereafter addressing
the Central Authority.
CRoNSTADT, Aug. 10. 1866
y cordial and magnificent reception has
been given to the United States squadron
by the Russian fleet.
The Emperor Alexander visited the flag
ship Augusta and was on the Miantonomoh
yesterday. All due honors were paid to
him and he was saluted by the fifteen-inch
guns of the Monitor. All the vessels were
fully decorated for the occasion.
Mr.. Fox, with the American officers
Murray, Beaumont and Van Buren,, ac-
companed the Emperor in the imperial
yacht on his return and dined with him.
The Cars toast to Mr. Fox, after dinner
was: 81 drink to the prosperity of your
country, and hope that present fraternal
feelings may continue forever between Rus
STA and the United States"
The banquet by the Russians TO the Off
GERS was most enthusiastic affair.
The American visitors there were enter
tanned at Il grand dinner by the city officials
to-day. and leave for st. Petersburg to-mor-
row.
PARIS, Thursday, Aug. 9, 1866.
The French Cabinet has addressed note
to the Prussian Government. pointing ont
that the great changes intthc political or
ganization of Germany render il necessary
that the French frontier should be rectifed
by an accession of territory to France.
The French Cabinet made yesterday
further communication 10 the Cabinet of
Berlin, demanding the restoration of the
French frontier ms it existed in 1914.
PARIS, Saturday Aug II, 1866.
The Mouituer says that Gen. La Mar
mora Of Italy, and the Archduke Allrecht
of Austria, have been authorized to sion
the armistice on the basis of the cession to
Italy of the Lombardo- Venetian line
There is no news to the effect that Italy
is unanimous in favor of peace.
LONDON, Aug. To- 1866
The session of the British Parliament
closed to-day. The Queens speech is UNI
important. Referring to the war in Europe
she says Her Majesty has not deemed il
eNpedlent to take part in contest in which
neither the honor of the Crown nor the in
terests of her subjects demanded an active
She expresses the hope that
the negotiations now in progress will tend
to produce Il lasting peace.
Her Majesty next alluded to the Fenian
and complimented the Govern
ment of the United States for its friendly
action during the Canadian raids.
The Queen says that the suspension of
the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland must be
continued till the next session of Parlia-
ment.
She hopes that confidence in the financial
condition ofthe country will soon be restored.
The Royal speech next touches on the
ysitations Of the cattle plague and cholera
in the United Kingdom, and closes with an
alluson to the Atlantic Telegraph and its
work which il is TO be hoped
she says, will tend to promote that friendly
feeling which it is most desirable shonld
subsst between her Majesty's domnions
and the great republic of the United States
In the House of Commons Lord Stanley
said that it was true that diplomatic COM
were being exchanged between
France and Prussia.