Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-02
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Foreign News.
| HAL1FAx, March 1.-The steamship
Asia, from Liverpool, 18th, Queenstown,
18th, arrived here with news four days
| later. Saturday, cotton was frmer, but
unchanged middling upland, I9d.
| Breadstuffs, quiet, but steady. Provi-
| sions steady, except bacon and lard
both easier. An advance is reported of
2s 6d@5s on beef and decline Of Is
on bacon and lard. Consols 874@S78;
o. 8. 5-20s 66@664. The bullion in
the bank of England Increased 239, 900
pounds s lasa SEQ .aeu sox lE
The royal assent had been given to
the bill suspeDding the writ of habeGs
corpus in Ireland. s.l.a ss ss.b ~
Upward of 100 arrests were made in
Dublin, on the l7fh inst, principally
stragglers. Among others, Col John
VIM Byron, of the Federal army
Many more arrests were expected to
take place.
It was reported that the Emperor of
Austria had expressed Willingness to
furnish the Emperor Maximilian with
any troops that he might require, on con-
dition that they were incorporated into
the Mexican army and their expenses
paid.
Diplomatic relations had entirely
ceased between Russia and the Papal
court.
The urgent haste in the passage of the
bill repeating the hGbeas corpus in Ire
land was owing to the reported depart
ure of Fenian privateers from America
| In the House OF Commons, on the 18th
N. r.
the future Government of Jamaica. He
briefly explained that the. Government
had thought ft to ratify the decision
| which the Legislature Of Jamaica had
| arrived at, abolishing itself, and it
would be prepared to establish a Gov
ernment similar to that intimated for
period of 3 years, and If the experiment
/ was successful then it would be made
permanent; if not. some other arrange
ment would be devised.
Mr.. Sabouthen gave notice that on
the 23d he would call attention to the
inadequacy of the neutral laws to
enable Eugland to fulfill her intsrna
tional obligations towards foreign
| countries. a-.r-f-rer f,4.srI
The Government bill on the cattle
disease was debated and amended in
several particulars, and passed through
the Committee in the House of Lords on
/ the 10th.
| Earl Russell announced the proposed
suspension of the habeGs corpus act in
Ireland, aud asked the House TO sit on
i 1t on Saturday, the 17th, that no time
might be lost in passing 1t.
Earl Derby said it would become the
] Government to justify the conrse it was
about to take. Il If the House of Conn
mons would agree, he would not propose
moments delay. He hoped the Eng
lish Government would, at the earliest
possible period, give the grounds on
which they relied for the Justification of
their proceedings. ldaaasW
+ The Times says the Irish Government
is, of course, better informed than any
private persons can be as to the state
of the country, and the imminence of
the danger, but in the universal activity
of movement during the past month, and
the presence of numbers of persons ia
various districts, with the scarcely con,
cealed purpose of promoting insurrec-
ton, there is ample reason for the
strictest precaution. The object of the
Irish Government is doubtless to second
! some of the emissaries of American
Fenianism, who are now Numerous in
Ireland, and working with disastrous
effect upon the people. Z
i The London Morning Herald, con-
servative organ, says: The Government
will be supported in the measure
The Army and Navy Gazette says:
The troops in Ireland are being scat
tered more aud more among the small
towns, already giving greater feeling
of security.
The Times assumes that Mr.. Glad
stones Budget will show an excess CT
income over expenditures of about three
miilions sterling. It thinks Mr.. Glad
stone will attempt to reduce the nation
al debt
. Itis rumored that Sir Charles Wood,
late Secretary for India, has been Offer
; ed and accepted the Peerage.
! The Daily News believes the Govern
ment has acceded to the propositions of
1.-THE Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Ire
, land. and that henceforth the Senate of
, the Queens University, in Ireland, will
consist of half Protestants and half Ro-
man Catholics. E1Nt
FRANCE In the debate on the ad-
dress to the Emperor, NJ. d. Persigney
conteAded that English Parliamentary
) institutions were unsuited to France
} The Emperor, he said, had given to
France double liberty, founded on the
, solid basis of authority. 1t depended
: on public opinion to develope the liberty
!, granted by the constitution. After de-
bate the address in response to the EN-
: perorls speech was unanimously adopt
ed. Weekly returns of the Bank OF
: France show an increase of cash on
hand, Of fifteen million of francs. The
9 bank has reduced the rate of interest to
}, At per cent Among the reasons as
9 signed is, the large amount of bullion
+ in the bank
. SPAIN,-The newly born child Of the
;. Queen of Spain died on the 14th- inst.
The corpse would remain closed for three