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The steamship
Canada, with
Liverpool dates of the 29ths ult., has arrived at
Halifax.
We give the following summary of her news:
Confederate privateers.
The steamer
Rappahannock, under the
Confederate flag, arrived at
Calais on the 26th ult.
Additional advices from
Calais say that the
Rappahannock was seized by the
French custom authorities.
She sailed from
Sheerness, England, on the 26th of November, in an unfinished State.
She had a gang of carpenters on board.
She is pierced for eight guns.
The Confederate steamer
Georgia has gone into dock at Chesburg to repair some small damages.
The Yankee thanksgiving in London.
In pursuance of
Lincoln's proclamation the
Yankees in
London observed the 26th of November as a day of thanksgiving.
Business was suspended at the
Yankee legation and consulates, and a grand banquet given at St. James's Hall, under the presidency of
Robert J. Walker.
The banquet was attended by
Mr. Adams, the secretaries of the legation, and many prominent Yankees.
Mr. Lincoln's proclamation was read, and
Mr. Walker delivered an address on the rebellion and the prospects of its speedy suppression.
A prayer was offered up by
Stella Martin, a runaway negro, and a hymn was sung by the guests.
A toast to the
President was responded to by
Mr. Adams, who noticed some of the objections urged against the proclamation, and pointed out the various causes for thankfulness which existed.
He said that every American felt that this was the time of calamity, but it was to be regarded as much of a necessary evil as if it had been an earthquake or an inundation.--Under these circumstances all they could do was to apply themselves promptly to the perfection of the remedy and the restoration of the
Union.
This could only be done through perseverance in the war. He enumerated the great things which had been accomplished since the rebellion broke out.--The Government at that time was almost disintegrated; now it is solid and firm — able to act with vigor and effect whenever and however it pleased.
The people have rallied around the
Government and maintained the policy of the
President.
They have money, they have men and they have ideas, which they mean to establish on the only true and successful conclusion of the struggle.
We now stand firmly, and have every reliance that the
Government is now able, and the people willing, to go through the trial triumphantly.
The Emancipation proclamation and enlistment of negro troops are the two great instruments by which emancipation without revolution will be carried out. And here we are now at the end of two years and a half, having made slow but regular progress in this movement, until it has taken shape distinctly before, us, so that we can foresee the ultimate issue.
Mr. Adams concluded by enlogizing the honesty and fidelity of
Mr. Lincoln.
Numerous other "patriotic" loasts were then drunk and responded to.
Movements of Confederate agents.
Mr. Spence, of
Liverpool, the writer on occasion in the London
Times, has been addressing large meetings in
Glasgow in favor of Southern independence.
He urged that
England should take the lead in inviting the
European powers to intervene in the
American war.
The Southern Independence Association of
Manchester have invited a New York adventurer,
Cornell Jewett, to deliver an address before them during December.
Jewett accepted, conditional on his not being confined to the subject of the
Southern right to independence, nor compromised as a Southern supporter.
The European Congress.
The reply of
Russia to the Emperor Napoleon's invitation to the
European Congress was delivered on the 26th of November.
It is denied that
Russia demands that the programme of the
Congress shall be drawn up.
Price Gortachakoff has sent an explanatory note with a formal reply to the
Emperor.
Switzerland sent a direct acceptance, but will communicate its reserves.
Advices from
Paris hint that
England's refusal may lead
France to form a new and more intimate alliance elsewhere.
The official correspondence between
France and
England relative to the
Congress is published.
It fully agrees with the version already given.
England first asked for the programme, and when it was given replied, in effect, that the
Congress would not produce the desired results, but perhaps make matters worse.
Some
Paris journals consure the policy of
England in holding aloof from the
Congress.
The Southern question.
The agitation in
Germany continues.
It is reported that the committee of the
Federal D have decide to propose the immediate adoption of the
Federal execution in
Holstein.
The
Saxony Chamber of Deputies had unanimously recognized the rights of Prince Auguestenberg, and promised the support of the
Government in the matter.
Two divisions of the Prussian army are under orders to be ready to take the held.
They number 35,000 men.
A resolution was pending in the
Prussian Chamber to place all means at the disposal of the
Government for the energetic guardianship of German rights.
The Waremburg Government urged the immediate occupation of Hostein by the
Federal troops.
France — Finances' of the Empire
The French deficit, owing to the
Mexican and
Cochin-
China wars, is reported at £10,000,000.
It was rumored that
M. Fould is about to propose a loan of three hundred millions of franc.
The French export trade to
Mexico has greatly increased.
The
Gazette de France has received a second warning.
Turin journals say that the soldiers on furlough are being recalled, that the garrisons are being increased in the Venetian provinces, and that work on the fortifications is being accelerated.
Polish affairs remain unchanged.
Two hundred public functionaries have been arrested at
Warsaw, and condemned to deportation to
Siberia.
