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Arrival Of The Hibernian

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Day
11
Month
April
Year
1862
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Public Domain
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Portland, April 7, The steamship fïibef nian frörti I pooi March 27, via Londonderry '28, árrivrd herc this 1'. M. In the House of Catnmöns Mr. Gregorj asked f the Goverümont's uttention had been ealkd to the capture of tlic IJritish Bteauior Laluum in Mêxicaü v:a: eruiser Mr. Lajard sa'rd the (jovernment's atteution had been cal led to the matter, and Lord Lyons had been nstructcd to eommunicate witíi Mr. S.wwd on the subjöL-t. Ho v;t8 unable to 'ate yet what oourse would ba adoptedj bui the t;,Auniiue!it luul thouglit it rigllf to order a vcsscl of war to Matainoi-as í r Ihe p rotee tiou of British ioierests in Americ:ui v.'aters. Tho ËBglfoli joumrtls -criticiso tlio campaign in VárginiS. The J)aiij News euifigisefl Ge;i. IreClelïan's taotiosj kbinka the ertsi prpaching, and boüovoe the Oonfoderates, althóugb rctfoiitiiiíí, havo prepared tho üeid iir n greftt batile. The samo joúrnal rejoïees at tho adoptipa by the House of President Lineola's emanoipatioti pwjecit as an mimed(ato btopiii fvor oS huninn riglits. Bho 7' ita l)eliof t'.iat nothing vvill bo inado of -Mr. Lin-soln's propi)8itioi1, lm. it as important in adrnCtiti-ng t'; i of an aoeooiodalioii bet Nérth and South. - The Times bolievcs the reaj deionse of the Gonfedorai :a w I md n the olati.m of their couüti-y, and argües that i f t' Mj in carnest tho North must toot tbr bootless i ietorios and exliaustivc contfaeste, The Serald thinka that peace n, posaibly conquered by one sidc or tU othnr in or around Richmónd. Mr. Goorge Peabody's unprecedented inunificcnce had formally consu.mma.ted i a eorróspoi ,w published, in which bc places LifU,00ü at the disposal „f Mr. Adams, tlia American Miuiutor fa the poor of Loudou. bord Palmerston is again snfferin frora gout. The King of the Belgians is reported critically-ill. Rumori of Ministerial changas i„ Francs are authoritatirely contradicted A grand banquet had beun givcu tó G-aribaldi at Milán, lío and others made patriotio speeches indicative of approaofc. ing movem Austria lias taken anothcr step favorable to the freedom of tho press. Prince Windesohgratz and Count ATtS. selroile are dead. The Spanish govermnent lias orJered Oen. Prini not to nogotiate with tho Mexicans till the troöps shall havu Litcred tho ciry of Mexico. The Loadon Times has a letter fi-oni líu-sell,datcd Washington. March L lth which saya tbe passage of the Federal army over the Long Bridge was magnifi. cent, and a most itnposing spectaulc of military power. Russ il says whutever may happen, General Mc_ClelIan eau ney. er lose the credit of having formed disorderly niat-soa of meu into an army, and having pstilled into them principies of soldier lite disciplino. The buttle so many wcre looking forward to is indefi. nitely poatponed, and theie is no telling where it iay bo fouglit. Russell shows the'diffioulty of any considerable ad vanea of the Federáis, owing to the barrenuess of the country. The Timet, ia an editorial feays: ''The time cannot be far distant wh'.-u the Soutu. must either surrender their cotton and tobáceo, or buru tliem. If they u'vo up their crops to the invaders, we may consiJcr they intend to succumL; if they give tlicni to the flames, all tho worst that can happen to them will have been endured, and that task of eonquest, which no.vcr can Lo performed, will have commonccd. The steamors Sumpter and Tuscarora were still at Gibraltar March 21st.

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