English Mail News.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 157, 8 March 1872, Page 5

English Mail News.

(From the Daily Times'; Telegrams.)

IHE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

IST O ENGLISH M AIL

The Nebraska arrived at; Aueklaud on the 3rd. The Moses. Taylor left -San Francisco on 6th ult., but brought no mail in consequence of the snow having blockaded the road. It is expected to be cleared in a few days.

London, Feb. 3

The claims of the United states as laid before the Geneva Arbitration Commission have caused great excitement throughout Great England is charged with a knowledge of the character of the Alabama, and that it should be regarded as a hostile expedi- : Hon from a British port againt the United States ; that Great Britain did not use due diligence to prevent the Alabama's departure from Liverpool, Jamaica, and other British ports and that the Alabama received special hospitality at the Ca h e of Good Ho pe. Similar charges are made respecting the Retribution, Georgia, Tallahasse, Olustee, Chiekancey. and Shenandoah. They demand that-in making the award, not only the losses ( of individuals by the destruction of vessels and cargoes the Florida and its tenders sliould be considered, but also that "the expanses incurred by the United States in pursuing the;vessels should be taken into account.

The ' Times' declares that England must give immediate notice to the Geneva Arbitrators and the Government, that if the course assumed hy America is as reported, all efforts at arbitration may as well cease. the* Daily Telegraph' reports that negotiations to that end have been opened up between England arid A merica, and ihat the British tions have not been received in a friendly manner. Other journals have criticised the American case with great severity, urging the Government to declare an opinion with regard to the demand for indirect damages.

Chief Justice Gockhui-n S :fis offidally counselled the Cabinet ti-at England must recede - immediav-eW. from the Treaty of Washington, leaving America to decide between a new treaty or war.

The:' Advertise r' asserts that Chief Justice Cockburn will withdraw from the arbitration, and the Government will repudiate the Washington Treaty. The Daily News ' says that the position of the Covernment is backed .by the sentiments of the country. The Prince of Wales will embark for a' cruise uii the-Mediterranean in April: An extra rdinary storm * occurred im the South-■■of' England,, fhe streams overflowed, and whole villager were deluged. Great damage was done to property in the Valley of the {Severn. Wind sor' suffere \ severely. The upper portion of London on the' river was flooded.

■, Mr Otway, M.P. for. Chatham, said that if the claims of the United S: at';? were, allowed in the Alabama question, war between the two 'countries ' would become necessary. V v . ' :

.: In the Tichborne ease, the defence B:iy that they 'have three hundred • witnesses to examine.. The claimant's chances are considered to be weakening

■ Lady 3?ranklrn offe /s a reward; of £2OOO ;for the recovery of the' records of the ships Erebus and Terror.. Upon the nomination of Mr. Nolan —a Home Kule candidate for a seat in j the House of Co mmons—which took place in Gal way, serious riots ensued, and many persons were wounded. , ] Election excitement in Kerry , also runs dan^erously h igh. It is reported that the Fenians are organising in mobs' to support Mr. ,Blennerhasset i(a Home rule candidate) and that the priests are threatened with violence. - ■

February 5. The tone of the press on the Alabama claims has slightly moderated. ; The ' Times * of to-day is "afraid the attempts to solve the Alabama difficulty may -prove abortive, and hopes their failure may not excite bitter in America.

The 'Pall Mall Grazette ' claims to have seen an early copy of the Queen's iSpeechj to be delivered at the opening of ■Parliament to-morrow, and give 3 the following extract :—To uphold the extent of my international obligations, I have concluded a-treaty with the United States for the settlement of the questions discussed for several years, it having become obvious thac the horrors of war are Avoidable by peaceful arbitration, instead of the arbitrament ot by the sword. I-have given consent to the reference or' the Alabama cLmns to an International Tribunal; the highest authority to which rtheir decision could have been entrusted.. . Through a pardonable oversight 011 the part of 1 the negotiators, the claim was not explicitly limited to direct losses, and therefore the President - of the United States has preferred a number of indirect claims, to many of-which' my Q-o vernment has demurred. I hope the amount to by ultimately defrayed v.-ill not exceed the French payment tqGrermany. - The French Grovernment is entertaining the idea of ceding the monopoly of the sale of tobacco to Kothsehild and other bankers for thirty years, on con : di f ipn that they furnish funds immediately to pay the Grermau war tyt The French Assembly, by an over/ whelmingmajority, has/authorised: the Grovernment to terminate the. commercial treaties with England and Belgium; 'Spanish gunboats have captured an English schooner for landing contraband of war in Cuba. There is a .strong religious excitement in Europe between the old and new Catholics. Bavaria is greatly agitated, and the old Catholic movement is. spreading in Cermany under the leadership of l)r Bollinger., CALCUTTA. February 5. Deputy-Commissioner Cowan ordered fifty Kooka mutineers to be blown from the mouths ; of cannons.' AMOICA, • - .Small-pox is -raging in Kew York and Philadelphia. The Congress proposes to increase, the mail subsidy to Japan - to 1,000,000 dollars, -which is. double the: present amount. The service is to be fort-

I'nightly i nwt'-Md of nontMv' pounds''? r a- have oecu imported by that route daring the past year. The Grand Jury New i'ork have found in ;lid. incuts gainst the Tammany liing. Mayor Hal is reported to be r among those indicted. The winter is unusually severe throughout the In oruber n and Western states. A series of heavy storms occurred' on the plains belween i~sa.lt; Luke and the Missouri 1 viver, completely blocking up the Trails-conti-nental' Railway track. No mails- have been 'received between the East and * "West for several weeks, /the trains being snowed in at various points 011 the route. The passengers are reported to be suffering greatly 'from want 'of provisions and the intense cold. - Great efforts are . being made to clear the road. - The blockade has given, a .new impetus to another and- more southern read acr.ss the continent.

Great excitement prevails amongst the' Washington officials in consequence of the relations existing with England, and there have -been constant conferences between the representatives of the Jinglish and American Governments. 'The English Legation represents" that the situation is one of the gravest character.; . ' • President Grant is firm, and, says that the case as presented by the United States should not be amended or withdrawn'— regarding the Geneva Commission as a Court, and leaving the question to its 1 decision. •Despatches from the -American Minister are to ,the effect that the excitement in Loudon is but no recommendations are made:

The ' New fork Herald ' -says that the fact-..0f the , British representatives at Washington " being instructed to* make proposals of accommodation, and: for the compromise of the Alabama Haims, is an insult 10 our' nation from" Britain. If Britain'is liable for the loss of our commerce, and the of the civil -war, the damages awarded; must be paid peaceably, or they will be collected' at the point of the bayonet.^