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mediate raising of the blockades at the South--the complete blockade of Northern ports — and the speedy recognition of the Southern Confederacy by France and England. A heavy shipment of arms and troops for Canada shows that England is making due preparations for events which may hereafter occur. The tone of the French press, so far as we can judge, is favorable. There is an apparent effort on the part of the Federal journals to conceal the real importance of the news, and the speech of Mr. Bright, M. P., is paraded as an evidence of moderate sentiment in England; but the decided tone of the leading British newspapers is a more positive reflection of the condition of the public mind. Unless the signs of the times are all at fault, the Abolition Government at Washington is in a tight plane. The news has been received here with unqualified joy, and the people will redouble their energies in behalf of the great cause of independence. The Baltimore Send, received last night,
Latest. Queenstown, Dec. 5th. --The excitement in reference to the Slidell and Mason affair continues unabated. The Paris Temps repeats the statement that Napoleon had tendered his services as a mediator. It is rumored that the steamer Persia has been chartered to convey troops to Canada. This, however, is pronounced premature. The Australiasian was advertised to sail for New York on the 7th, but the America has been substituted. At the banquet given at Rochdale Mr. Bright made an elaborate speech on American affairs. He declined to give a decided opinion in the Trent affair. He said he believed that if the act be illegal, America will make a fitting reparation. He strongly condemned warlike feelings in reference to the matter, and scouted the idea that the American Cabinet had resolved to pick a quarrel with England. He made an eloquent peroration in favor of the North. A letter was read by Mr. Cobden, of the Pacific line, urging a suspension of ju