Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-23
FROM EUROPE,
of the steamer Australia

AErlVaA Oh inc steamer AuSuruIlUS .
New YORK, March 22.-The royal mail
steamer Australian, Capt. Cook, which sail
cd from Liverpool at 2. M. on the 10th,
and Queenstown on the 11th of March, ar
rived here this morning. The City Of Bal
timore reached Liverpool about noon the
18th. The Scotland arrived at Queenstown
at midnight on the 9th. The United States
steamer Canandaigua left Kingstown on the
9th of March for the north of Ireland.
| h'i.F M Commercial. ''3iII.W
readstuffs-Messrs. Richardson, Spence
q Co.. and Wakefield, NASH q Co., report
continued dullness. Flour in retail de-
mand only, and nominally unchanged.--
Wheat in moderate request at the late rates;
winter red Is Cd lower. .r.buT
Provisions Begland 81 Co., Bruce, Nc
Aulff e. Co., report beef in good request at
| firm rates. Pork firm and arrivals cleared
as landed. Bacon again Is 2d dearer.-
Hams also dearer. Lard in good demand;
sales OF American up to us. Cheese quiet.
Butter dull Tallow in good request and
| Is dearer.
The Brokers Circular reports ashes dear
er. 3ls@32s Cd; Pearls 35s 6d@36s. Sugar
| firmer. Coffee unchanged. Rice active,
Sd dearer. -.....
The Atlantic Cable.
Shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph
Company unanimously adopted a resolu-
tion approving arrangements of the diree-
tors with the e.Anglo American Telegraph
Company, ETC.. for the laying of the cable
this year. Upwards of one hundred miles
of cable is bsing laid per week, and the last
week of June is fixed for the Great Eastern
to leave Sheerness. Undiminished conf
dence generally was expressed in its sue
cess. .-,,.s-, .-.-.. ....... ...- -,
President JOhnsOn's Speech-Ban-
.a.a.. crOfi's Grafton. a.t
President Johnson's speech at the Wash
ington meeting is very generally applaud
ed. The Times warmly eulogizes, the Daily
News gives very qualified approval, and
bitterly denounces Bancroft's Grafton.
Parliament.
In the House of Commons, Parliamentary
oaths were read a second time after De
Israeli had given notice of an amendment
which will make the oath recognize the su-
premacy OF the Queen and acknowledge
allegiance to her successors. l -.
,g. The Reform Question.
The reform question is actively discussed
by the papers. Gladstone's announcement
on the 18th is anxiously awaited. The Pail
Mall Gazette assumes it as certain that the
Russell ministry must soon dissolve,
whether defeated upon reform or not.
Fenian Arrests-SteVens.
The Irish police continue to carry out
their extraordinary powers with great
vigor. Arrests are numerous. Nine men
were arrested in Cork just after landing
from America. Two Town Commissioners
of OfQueenstown were arrested. 'r..ra
There are various rumOrs as to Stevens.
One is that he very recently escaped for
France, but the police believe that he is
still in Dublin, and keep up the search. d
rp. The PrincipaIIties.
The first conference relative to the prin-
cipalties will be held in Paris on the 18th.
The Bank of France gained during the
week nearly eighteen million trancs.--
'Bourse steady at 69f75c.l ... 30
1t is stated that the Austrian Minister of
Foreign Affairs is authorized to make a
fresh treaty with the Mexican Government
for the completion of the Austria Volunteer
Corps for Mexico. .-..r
LONDON, March II, A. NJ, via QUEENS
TowN.-The Sunday Gazette gives report
that Austria has solicited the good offices
of England to effect an amicable settlement
of the question of the Duchies, and that
Earl Clarendon refused. '. .WIW
The Gazette says that the relations be-
tween Vienna and Berlin are straitened
very tightly, but that it is a long way from
a diplomatic struggle or war.
Z Queen VictOria's Reception.
LIVERPOOL, March 10-Political news
to-day unimportant.
Queen Victoria held her first court yes
terday. MIR. and Mrs. Adams were present,
and the latter presented to the Queen Mrs.
vi Xui ia nf A cgig
Legation, and Mrs. Montgomery Ritchie of
New York. ss- ..~.Le 1
Application for the Release of Geo.
N. Saunders.
In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday in
London application was made for the re-
lease from custody of Geo. N. Saunders, for
debt. His debts exceed one hundred thous-
and pounds sterling. The bankrupt at
tributes his failure to disappointment in the
execution of his contract with the Confed-
crate Government for building and run
ming iron plated postal vessels. There was
no opposition to his release, but owing to
some informality in the notice the matter
was postponed until the 23d.
A Madrid dispatch says that the Peruvi-
an war ships lndepencia and Huescar pro-
ceeded direct for the Pacific, to take part in
the approaching struggle between Spain
and Chilli and Peru.
The Principalities.
The firstsettihg of the Conference on the
Principalities was held in Paris on the 10th
inst. 0,All the powers who are in the treaty
were represented. fa..t4- ,...f
The Invalides denies all rumors of a con-
centration of Russian troops on the Pruth,
and says that not single regiment has
quilted its winter quarters.
FROM NEW YORK =.