THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE: How the Rendition of Mason and Slidell was Received; Insulting Tone of the British Press Toward the Rebel Commissioners (1/27/1862)

New York Times archives – Times Machine ^ | 1/27/1862

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Halifax, Sunday, Jan. 26.

The R.M. steamship Europa, Capt. ANDERSON, from Liverpool at 3 P.M. of the 11th, and Queenstown on the 12th, arrived here at 10 1/2 o'clock last night. The wind was then and is still blowing a hurricane, with a heavy sea.

The Europa has neither troops nor stores, the Government having discontinued shipments by the Cunarders.

The Europa has 18 passengers for Boston, £6,500 for Boston and £64,000 for Halifax.

It was said that notwithstanding the pacific solution of the American question, warlike preparations at Woolwich have not been relaxed. The steamers Spartan and Ajax continued to take in heavy stores for Halifax and Jamaica.

No official notice had yet been given at Portsmouth respecting any discharge of hired mechanics or laborers, but it was understood that the reduction takes place in April.

A Cabinet council, summoned for the 14th, had been countermanded, Mr. SEWARD's dispatch having been considered in a council held on the 9th.

The Times understands that an answer will be returned, expressing gratification at the disavowal of Commodore WILEES' act, accepting the satisfaction rendered, and assuming that the precedent in the Trent case will rule the case of the schooner Eugenia Smith. As to the general discussion of the law of neutrals, the Government will decline any answer until they have had an opportunity of submitting the whole note to their law officers. There are propositions in this note which are not at all admissible, and after the delivery of the prisoners these points may be properly raised and discussed.

The Morning Post announces that a thorough understanding had been arrived at with the American Government. Not only had they given the required reparation, but in doing so Mr. Seward will have succeeded in impressing on the English Government

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Three Days Later from Europe: How the Rendition of Mason and Slidell was Received – 2
Important From Fortress Monroe: Not a Word of News from the Burnside Expedition – 2-3
The War in Kentucky: Details of the Battle of Mill Creek – 3-4
News from Washington: Personal Report of the Government Agent at Port Royal – 4-5
Infamous Citizenship – 5
Editorial: The End of the Trent Affair-England Satisfied – 5-6
The Battle at Mill Creek – 6
Editorial: Colorado Territory – 6-7
The Unkindest Cut of All – 7
Rebel Report of Somerset – 7
A Mistake Corrected – 7