Additional foreign news by the Jura.
By the arrival at New York of the steamer
Jura, we have the following additional items of foreign news:
The excitement in relation to the
Trent affair continued unabated.
The London
Times city article says that the stock market on the 4th inst. was more heavy and unsettled than at any period since the commencement of the difficulty.
At the close, however, there was a slight rally in the fund.
The strength of the
American navy was being canvassed in
England.
The London
Times says, that although the
Federal navy scarcely presents a dozen worthy antagonists, it would be imprudent in the extreme to despite the power of the
Americans at sea. We have done this once, and paid the cost of our thoughtlessness.
The
Americans will do little, but what little they do they will do well.
They will give our heavy squadrons a wide berth, and concentrate their efforts on single ships.
The speculations from
France in regard to the
English-American difficulty are contradictory.
The
Paris correspondent of the
Daily News learns that when
Mr. Slidell was taking leave of his wife on board the
Trent, he placed his dispatches in her hand, told her to go to her cabin, sit at the porthole, and that if an attempt was made to take the box from her, to drop it into the sea.
Mrs. Slidell obeyed his orders, was not molested, and took the dispatches safely to
England.
The
Paris Patric learns that the
San Jacinto in November last searched a French vessels.
These facts, says the
Patric, are of some importance, as proving that the
Cabinet at
Washington fancies that it has the power to exercise the right of search to its full extent.
Some writers say that
France will remain a quiet spectator of passing events.
Others state that there is a disposition to employ the army and navy in case of war.
The preponderating feeling, however, is represented to be favorable to a reconciliation between
England and
America.
It was reported that the
French Minister at
Washington had reported to his government a refusal on the part of the
Cabinet at
Washington to deliver up dispatches addressed from
Paris to the
French Consuls at
Charleston and New Orleans.
The
Paris Temps announces that
Napoleon has tendered his services to the
British government.
The
Paris Temps is also informed that, in case the
American Government refuses to give satisfaction, the
English Cabinet has resolved to recall Lord Lyons from
Washington, recognize the Southern Confederacy, and raise the blockade of the
Southern ports.
England would not then declare war, but leave it to the
United States to do as they please.
The Paris Bourse, on the 4th inst., was firm at 69f. 55
