Dates from
Liverpool to the 14th inst. have been received.
A dispatch
Petersburg, dated the day the
Canada sailed, says that the
Journal de St. Petersburg, of that date, published a dispatch, dated June 4, addressed by Gortchakoff to
Mr. the Emperor's satisfaction at the reply or
Mr. Seward to the proposal of
France to mediate in the case of
Poland, which dispatch concludes as follows: ‘"Such facts draw closer the bonds of sympathy between
Russia and
America.
The Emperor knows how to appreciate the firmness with which
Mr. Seward maintains the principle of non intervention."’
In the
British House of Commons, on 11th inst., Lord Palmerston said that as the
United States have no relations except those of war with the
Confederate States, it would be useless to apply to that Government concerning the suppression of the slave trade.
The
Confederate States had made that trade a penal offence, but their independence not being recognized by
England, "and not being established in a way" to justify
England's interference, no application could be made to them on the subject.
He hoped the
Confederate States, "if they should succeed in establishing their independence," would enter into the same arrangements relative to the slave trade that the
United States had adopted.
The
London Army and Navy Gazette, of the 13th, foretells and recommends
Lee's invasion of the
North, and says that "such a proof of strength would be appreciated by
Europe."
The English Government is preparing for war with
Japan.