| Show FOREIGN NEWS the latest dates by mail from the old world are to february 14 from which we make the following 0 summary ENGLAND parliament was discussing american affairs in the house ot of lords on the loth earl carnarvon said he had received information that no less than three british subjects were confined in the prisons of the federal government and have lain there for some months denied a trial or their release unless they took an oath of allegiance to the united states ile he hoped that the government would take earnest steps in the case and at once declare what was to 10 be the position of british subjects in the federal states lord russell said that lord llord carnarvon could hardly have read the papers which had bad been laid on the table for if he bad he would have seen that these cases had been brought under the notice of the government earl derby was ready to make every allowance for the difficulties of oe the government of the federal states but these cases natu lally raily excited ind agnation gna tion arter after the arbi tary manner in which british subjects had been invariably treated and the very courteous nn replies of the federal government to the re mons trances of earl russell who had bad quietly accepted the views of mr seward in this case which he be was hot disposed to do at firstie first firs the he would therefore ask the noble earl if in any english p ece dents of tb thib this is kind it was madea made a condition of being brought to trial for the party to forswear allegiance to his own country if the right of arrest on suspicion was admitted the subsequent treatment was unprecedented earl russell had hai no knowledge of the details in these cases having had no notice of the question he was not aware that the oath of allegiance to the federal government had bad been tendered to persons except one who had bad declared his intention of becoming a subject jentof af pf the united states ile he believed the federal government had bad not tendered the oath of allegiance to British subjects knowing them to be such earl Malm maim asbury in asking for the papers connected collected with the blockade complained that the times had deliberately cepres represented ento that earl derby advocated its ita being forcibly for ciby raised he be approved of the conduct of th tha the a government and the question was ohe dhe one for them alone to decide but it was desirable to know what wati was the real state of the blockade he expressed doubts of the policy of the declaration cl of paris in 1856 and did not belleve bellevo they would or could be carried out in great wars when circumstances would be too strong for abstract principles mr cobden had bad given notice that at an early day he intended to bring under the consideration of the house the state of international and maritime law as it affects the tho rights of belligerents an order had been received at portsmouth to reduce the number of men and guns of the ships of war in commission the january mails from the west coast of africa had bad reached england increased activity in the slave trade was waa reported the withdrawal of the american squadron led immediately to a large increase in the number of vessels carrying the american nag dlag th the great exhibition building in iii london had been delivered up to the commissioners commission irs b by the contractors it was virtually completed p eted at noon on the irist frist as stipulated in the made to accomplish this result sixteen marines have been drowned in a coll poll slon pion at norwold in north wale waie pemberton pit newcastle is flooded throwing a thousand persons persona out of employment TRANCE FRANCE paris letters say that air slidell had been bien receil received ed by al in a private capacity his diplomatic assumption of character being beira distinctly ignored it was announced in london on the lith instant that the negotiation with certa certain in capitalists of that city for the four million sterling loan to the french government orits agents bad had been suddenly broken off the cade of 0 the abandonment was not stated except an intimation to subscribers that these which were to be hypothecated ted are not to be obtained the discount bank at st etienne had stop eed ed p payment its capital to the amount of has been lost another note on the affair of the valley of the dalpes had been addressed b by tle the S swiss iss government to ji al it maintains the position taken by switzerland and regrets that france has not arrived at a similar conviction A great popular demonstration took place at Genev aon sunday the oth in favor of victor emanuel an and dRome rome as the capital of 1 I italy at milan nilian on the same day pre preparations ions lons bar had been made for a demonstration but the municipality issued a notice that such demonstrations st were useless and adis advising Dg the milanese to exercise their constitutional rights righta by signing the following protest alth although ough respecting the sovereign pontiff of rome as the head of the church we look upon rome as the capital of 0 italy with one king victor emmanuel 1 I his protest soon received an berot berof ber of signatures i bi scapoli had bad issued a circular on the roman quention quee tion in which he be observes that the thi government desires that its labors may not be impeded by inconsiderate acts of enthusiasm an and clamorous manifesta manifestations tiong popular demonstrations have taken place in several other italian towns the cotton manufactures employ upwards of hands bands held a meet meeting ing to consider means of alleviating the effects of of the present crisis in the cotton trade A committee was appointed to report on the matter AUSTRIA letters from vienna are filled with most lamentable accounts of the inundation the district distrct ct submerged in vienna alone alon comprises a population of 8 to be provided for rain fell for four days almost without interruption bridges and viaducts wre destroyed and the railroad service was nearly all suspended several towns were alo aiso aio inundated by the danube including Pre kburg iburg and besth other continental rivers particularly those in holland had also greatly risen and were causin causing much alarm the prince of wales had bad arrived at vienna vigna and had been visited by the emperor frithie joseph and the archdukes arch dukes rR PRUSSIA berlin dates of february that important in events are app bathing I 1 in germ germany a n Y saxony having proposed the recons reckons reconstruction t of germany more strictly strictly y as a on prussia replied that she slit considered the german confederation as ari international and aid not a federal part of prussia and hinted aiso also that a reform of the federal constitution might be carried out in such a way that besides the german union comprising austria a closer federal union might be formed between prussia and such german states as aa might join her thereby establishing a kind finot linot af political zoll verien although thip thia abi was no formal proposal abut but a mere suggestion austria bavaria hanover saxony anda and a majority of the other states baden and coburg excepted remitted a collective note to prussia Pr ursia pro protesting lesting against her views and announcing their intention 0 o hold hoid a conference for the reorganization organization re of germany in accordance with the vieu views s of saxony and inviting prussia to join the conference prussia declined and this is expected to lead to a dissolution of the Fede ralDie |
