LATEST EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 110, 24 January 1866, Page 3

LATEST EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

New York, Novcmb' 1!'1 !' 21st. — Tom S.iyers. the pugilist is dead, lie died of lung disease.

E:ul Huswll, at tho Lord Mayor's banquet on the uth instant, iv a speech, paid a tribute lo the memory of Lord Palmerston. Adverting to tho last reconstruction of the Cabinet, he said he had received tho fullest support from his colleagues, with a remark on its policy, that be I rusted the country would allow thorn time to consider the course thov ought to pursue, and that he should, abide by the principles of his life. The Government deemed it its duty to consult the wishes of tbo people, and it would be fur Parliament lo consider bow fur t'icse wishes were bused on justice, lie thanked God that the American war was over. lie trusted that tho Republic, now freed from slavery, would go on lo prosper for centuries to come.

It is reported that Milner Gibson hud been oli'ered Ihe post of First Lord of the Admiralty. It is understood that tho Western Union Telegraph Company have contracted Avith Mr. lluntly, of North Woolwich, for the mnnufa/jturo of 500 knots of submarine, cable for Uehring's Straits, and ;>()0 miles of galvanised telegraphic wire for Ire, land. Subsidies for the mail steam service between Hrewl and Now York are likely to cause considerable accelcrati'iu iv th.) passenger traffic between Franco and America.

New York, November 2Urd. — A despatch from lievlin .say.j, it is rumoured, that Chilian agents wore purchasing large quantities of arms mid. materials of war ; also that a certain vessel was fitting out us a privateer. The Chilian (ioveiinmout does not at present propose to tit out any privateers, or even to issMo letters of marque, and no persons are authorised to purchase any arms or war materials there.