Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-02-19
IRON EIRnpE

The steamship City of London brought he
following additional items of foreign news:
The Dublin Nail says il was rumored that
the occasion OF a ''drawing-rOom," 20 De- held
AT the Castle on the LIST February, would be
ayailed OF by the fenians for an sBe1fs
Government is said TO have given cornmly.
slons OF the peace TO several military men. 10
enable them 70 tinde pendeutly of civil mas,is-
trates IN case OF disturbances.
1t is stated that. owing 70 the Fenian ten
oencles OF the dock laborers a. l.; verpool num-
berlng some 400 men, the authorities of the
town were on the alert 10 check any demon
stratiOn.
The entire counties OF Sligo and Carlow. aud
parts OF the counties Of Longford and Ros-
common, had been proclaimed under the ope-
ration of the Peace Preservation Act
A telegram from Rome announces that Glib
son, the celebrated sculptor, died on the 25th Of
January.
A dePutanon from Galway recently waited
on the Lord Lieutenant 10 petition for a mIlI-
tary force at Galway, to guard against n pos
siole hostile landing at that poInt. Lord Wode-
house expressed his dIsbeleI i'm any such land
| ing, but promised 70 represent the mater TO the
\ Government.
Brazil mails had reached England. The
allied army, under President MItre, was ex-
pected 10 enter Paraguay. Branlians were
sending recruits to the River Plate The army
| in CoIrientes numbers 10000 Paraguayans
The army ls posted n PasOlepetria- awaiting
the approach Of the enemy. A battle is con-
sidered imminent. The state of the Argentine
Provinces is satisfactory. The markets are
crowded with wool and prices are consider
OF the money market
Smallpox, fever, &c, have been very de-
structiye among the Paraguayan troops and
the allied armies. Ii Is understood that he
fundamental basis of which Is nol tue expul-
sion of Lopez from Paraguay.
rupture had occurred between the Monte
Neolan Government and the ChiIian envoy
i ne latter's eXequatur was cancelled.
The United States frigate Colorado. the fiag-
snip OF Admiral GolGsborough. arrived at
NTlhralT1T- January from La
ior CadlZ on the 2lst Whilst at Gibraltar the
Admiral was visited by Governor SIr Richard
Airly and lady.
The Times announces in the most euloristi,
terms that Mr.. Peabody Is increasing his pre-
yions munIficent donation for the benera of
the LONDON poor by another hundred thousand
pounds making total gift OF quarter of a
million pounds sterling.
The Dublin police on the LIST instant seized.
III III a Duliaing used rs q stable IN Lonford Lane,
nearly 200 pixies and about 800 incomplete pike
handles. Small seizures Of arms were also re-
ported in private houses.
An influential meeting was held in Dublin
on the let inst. Marquis Dowshill presided.
and resolution was passed declaring that the
tenlan conspiracy had produced a feeling OF
weu-founded alarm, and il was the duty OF the
Government to afford full protection 20 Ioyal
and we'll disposed persons. Another resolu-
ton calls upon the Government 10 Increase
me military force IN Ireland. Both passed
The Lisbon Telegraph Of the 1st repor,s The
arrival OF two American war steamers in the
Tagus.
Parliament was opened by a royal commits
sion on the LIST instant. The Lord Chancellor
stated TO the assembled members of both housss
Thar as soon as the members were all sworn her
Majesty would communicate the causes for
calling Parliament together
The cattle plague returns for the week end
ing January 27th show the number attacked
70 De nearly 1900, against 1OOOO the week pre-
ylous. -
The Paris journals are discussing the Mex
lean question. The Constitutional defends
ri-rL snt Itncn nc GoEernment and is evidently in
spiIed by the Foreign Office. Ii seeks 70 dis
slpate dlsqulet in the public mind, under the
pn6hcauon OF correspondence with us
ne Consttunonnel says: The Imperial
Government will never Weld 10 intimidation
ana no excitement, whether IL exists az home
or abroad, Will make the Emperor relax hi.
naoltnl solicitude for home and the material
interests in the country. The troops from Mex
leo VIII return precisely on the conditions
mentioned in the speech from the throne.
namely, without endangering the French IN
lerests we have gone to defend in those far die
tant countries
On the evening of the LIST instant several
troops OF cavalry Were placed in various parts
OF the city, the military paraded the streets,
and the pickets were doubled The Fenians,
however, did not assemble as expected.
The Commission for the trial OF the Fenians
adjourned from the I'd instant till the 29th.
Another batch offive hundred soldiers passed
through Liverpool on the I'd instant for Dub
lin.
lie Nord SAYS that NJ. Traverney. who haa
left for the United Ststes, is the bearer of das
patches of a very firm character, Demanding
categorically of the American Goyernmenf
whether IL means 10 regard a protracted occn
patton of Mexico as a edsUs Leih
Gen. Prm has arrived at Lisbon, and is the
guest Of Marquis Mise.
The Chilian pr1vateer lndependencia arrived
at Scheldt on the I'd inst.
The Spanish mail steamer from Caatz ,,
the LIST instant sailed under an escort OF a
frigaie. VI
Ii Is stated that the Catoline deputies 10 Con-
gress VIII Cali on the Government 20 issue let
tiers OF marque against ChIlian vessels