Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-30
Foreign News.
Arrival of the Persia.

New YORK, May 29.-The steamship
Persia from Liverpool on the 18th inst, via
Queenstown on the Goth arrived here at 7:30
this evening.
The Trieste dispatch says: The naval
authorities refused to grant clean bill Of
health to vessels intended to convey volun-
teers to Mexico. Without it no ship can
leave the harbor.
In the House of Commons Mr.. Watkins
called attention to the reciprocity treaty,
and saw danger in the assembling Of United
States vessels on the fishing grounds. He
condemned the conduct of the British Cow
ernment.
Mr.. Sayard defended the government and
said it was not responsible for the termin a.
ton of the treaty and was fully alive to its
importance, but the American governme Mt
would hear to no negotiations for its renew
al. He deprecated the speech of Mr.. Wat
kins as calculated to arouse hostility. He
said the American government was actuated
by friendly motives in sending fleet to
prevent difficulties.
The Lord Mayor of London, by the re-
Quest of numerous eminent merchants, call
ed q public meeting to take steps to raise a
statue in honor of Mr.. George Peabody in
London.
The situation of Continental affairs are
unchanged War looks as imminent as
ever.
Marshal Benedek issued the first order of
the day to the Austrian army, expressive of
his firm confidence in the army and the
Justice of the Austrian cause.
Military preparations are reported from
various quarters. From Italy the news is
exceedingly warhke.
France, England and Russia are concen-
tratiDg measures for a European Congress.
Little hopes of pacific results are enter
tanned.
Mr.. Clarendon in the House of Lords ad-
nitted that confidential communications
were passing, but expressed his conviction
that there were no hopes of peaceful solu-
ton.
The panic in the English money market
/ has subsidsd. Securities are generally i'm
proved. Heavy suspensions continued to
| occur. It is feared many more will follow.
1t is officially stated at Berlin that there
was no necessity for the Prussian govern
ment to send reply to the Austrian note OF
| Nav 4th, since Austria declared all discus
sion on the question of disarmament was
| exhausted.
| A Florence correspondent Of the News
saws: Before June the Italians will have
400, 900 men under arms, Of whom 900
4 will be on the northern frontier. The war,
| il is said, will be commenced by the irup-
| ton OF Garibaldi into Venetia-
An official italian paper says: Italy will
consider any attack of Austria upon Prus-
sia as directly against herself
| A Paris correspondent of the Times,
writing on the 10th says: There seems to-
day to be glimmer of hope that after all
peace may be preserved. The King Of
| Prussia is known to be hesitating more and
more as the critical moment approaches,
The weekly return of the Bank of Eng
land was the most extraordinary ever pub
lished although the Bank had not availed
itself of the privilege granted by the sus-
pension of the Bank Charter act The hg-
ures in the statement exhibit unprecedent-
edly violent changes. The decrease in bull
lion is fs32,3S5, and in the notes Hnemploy
ed 44,2Ie,495.