The
Hibernian, with
Liverpool dates to the 19th and
Londonderry dates to the 20th, arrived at
Portland, Me., on the 4th inst.
Lord Stratherden has given notice in the House of Lords that he would move for copies of dispatches from
Mr. Mason to the
English Government relative to the claims of the
Confederates to be acknowledged by
Great Britain.
Meetings, lectures, &c., in favor of
Lincoln's emancipation policy daily occur in various parts of
England.
At St. James's Hall a resolution condemning the
Lord Mayor for inviting
Mason to the
Mansion House was unanimously carried.
The
Times complains that the grand old antislavery cause has degenerated into a mere cats paw to
Seward.
The Bank of Mobile has remitted to
London about £10,000 in specie to meet the demand until July, 1864, of the interest on the bonds of
Alabama.
The
Shipping Gazette points out that the accounts of the
Charleston affair are far too meagre to justify any Government taking decided action.
Liverpool. Feb. 20.--Cotton declined 1d; sales 7000 bales. Fair and middling
Orleans 25½d@21½d;
Mobile 24 ½d@26½d. Breadstuffs downward.
Bank of England reduced discount to 4 per cent.
The rumor that
France considers that the
Charleston blockade was raised still lacks confirmation.
In the
Prussian Assembly a resolution was brought forward that
Prussia should not side with either party in the
Polish Russian war. The insurrection is spreading throughout
Poland.
Considerable transactions were made in American securities in
London, because of the impression that the strife will end ere long.
It is reported that a French diplomatic note has been addressed to
Prussia on the subject of Prussian interference in
Poland.
Advices from
Paris mention a contract for a Confederate loan to have been received for three million pounds, in bonds at 7 per cent.
