--The steamship
Columbia, from
Galway on Nov. 24, arrived at
St. Johns, N. F., on Saturday evening, bringing two days later news from
Europe.
The report of the resignation of Earl Russell is contradicted by the
London Fost. The English Government has chapped another pressed, supposed to be intended for the service of the
Confederates, on the
Clyde.
The
memorial Deplomatique maintains that fifteen out of twenty invited Powers have accepted the invitation to the proposed Congress.
According to the London
Post, the
English Government declines giving its adherence.
A semi- official paper of
Paris states that the
Congress will be occupied with the questions of
Poland, the
German Duchies, the States of the
Church,
Venice, and the reforms to be introduced in
Romania.
It was reported in
Madrid that two American ships which had arms for the
San Domingo insurgents were destroyed by a Spanish vessel off that island.
Denmark has called out 11,000 men and fitted out six war vessels.
The Prince of Augustenburg has notified his assumption of the Dukedom of Schleswig-
Holstein to all the
German Governments.
A large meeting of his supporters has been held in
Hamburg, and another was to take place in
Hanover.