The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-10
TWO DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of Steamship Canada at Halifax.

| The steamship Cdnaua from LlVerpOOl on
| the morning OF December 23d, via Queens
| town December 10th, arrlVe1 here at III O'CLOCK
| this forenoon.
The steamship Scotia, from New York, ar
rived at Queenstown on the oath.
The steamship North American, from Port
| land, arrived at Londonderry early on the
morning of the 23d.
Further diplomatic correspondence between
Mr.. Adams and the British Foreign Secretary
is published Respecting the Sea King, or
Shenandoah, under date OF Nov. 21st, Mr.. Adj
ans says he is instructed to state that the
proposition of Her Majesty's Government for
erecting joint commission is respectfully de-
clined
On December I'd Earl Clarendon, writing to
Mr.. Adams, says: Her Majesty's Government
considers that no advantage can result from
prolonging controversy of which the topics
are fully exhausted, but which might possibly,
if continued, introduce acrimony into the re-
lations of England and the United States.
Earl Clarendon persists, however, in assert
ing that England has never deviated from her
duties as neutral power, and he declares how
strongly Her Majesty's Government and the
people of England desire to be in close friend
ship with the United States.
Virturlly this correspondence leaves the
question of the American claims on England
suspended.
Liz OlOUc ul1uy oulOSlocS OcLs
| Grants official report, and says it is an able,
very clear and strikingly modest document,
frankly admitting failures and losses, and do
| ing full justice to his opponents.
| The Times has an editorial on Secretary
McCulloch's report, which it thinks singularly
able.
The Times thinks there are strong reasons
to determine Congress against extending the
existing exemption OF Federal bonds from To-
cal taXtion. H
At Cork, on the 21st, Charles Underwood
O'Connen was found guilty OF treason and fell
ony, and sentenced to ten years penal servi-
tude. The prisoner made violent speech,
and after being sentenced said he hoped there
would be an exchange of prisoners before his
sentence expires. ~
The trials of Cullughan, Holmes, O'Rear-
don, late captain in the Federal army, re-
suited in a verdict of acquittal The court on
the 22d adjourned until the 9th.
Perfect tranquility prevailed at Cork.
Sir Henry Storrs is officially gazetted as
Captain General and Governor of Jamaica,
pending the prosecution of certain enquiries
The Paris Patrie says France and England
have not offered their mediation to Spain in
the Chilian question, but their good offices on
ly, which have been accepted by Spain. d
1t is confirmed that the French government
has resolved to withdraw from the extradition
treaty with England. The treaty expires in
June next. q
AUSTRIA.
In the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet,
Count Audrassy, the newly elected President,
made an Inauguration speech, in which he ar
gued that the rights of Hungary were in I'M
ion with the interests of the Empire, but that
Parliamentary Capitalization was opposed to
those rights The aim of the people should
not be the triumph of Hungary, but the con-
solidatIon of the power of Austria, while the
rights of His Majesty should be kept in view. %
DENMARK. a
The bill for the reform of the constitution
in Denmark has finally been adopted in the
Rigsdag. 1t must, however, be passed by the
two next sessions of the Rigsdag before be-
coming a law. g.
1880 TURKEY. T
A great revolt of the Circassian immigrants
had taken place at Mouzt, and many lives
were lost.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.
Consols firm, but the business of the Stock
Exchange was quite of a holiday character
There is a full demand for discount at the
Bank. The rates remain unchanged.
Latest by Telegraph to Queenstown.
liverpool 23d, Evening.-An the markets
and the Stock Exchange are closed to-day for
the Christmas holidays.
The Adams Clarendon correspondence is
PupiohSu Uo-uay, anu 10 NoIulninouS. IL oCCu-
pies eight columns of the Times Included in
1t is suggestion by Mr.. Adams, when the
Shenandoah arrived at Liverpool, that the
British government should take some action
against the crew.
Earl Clarendon replies that there was moth
to justify any action unless against such of the
crew as might be British subjects, and he says
the naval officer at Liverpool was fully salts
fled that the crew were all foreigners, and that
there were none known to be British born
subjects.
The Continental and general news is unim-
portant.