Later from Europe
arrival of the steamer Persia
The steamer Persia, from Liverpool on the 22d ult. has arrived at New York. Parliamentary proceedings have been unimportant. Lord John Russell announced that France has rejected the proposition of Austria and Spain that the Catholic powers should act in concert in maintaining the temporal power of the Pope. He also said that Spain has given a pledge that whether St. Domingo be annexed or not, slavery shall not be introduced into that island.
A meeting has been held in London for the benefit of the fugitive slave Anderson and his kinsmen in Canada. He explained the necessity of killing the man, his master, was to effect his escape, and the meeting fully endorsed the act. A monster meeting in behalf of Anderson was to be held in Exeter Hall the 2d of July.
The rumor has been revived that the Czar will visit the Emperor Napoleon at Chalons Camp.
It is reported that Minister Dayton has remonstrated against the assimilation of the position of the Southern States with Italy, in an article recent published in the Patric and Moniteur.
The Southern Commissioners are still in Paris, but the French Government will hold no communication except with the Washington Government.
The Paris Bourse closed steady. Rentee 67f 85
No official announcement of the recognition of Italy and France has yet sent the announcement of a recognition to all her representatives at foreign courts.
The Pope is again ill.
It is stated that Portugal refuses to acknowledge the new kingdom.
The upper House of the Hungarian Diet has unanimously agreed on an address to the Emperor.
The latest.
The rumored death of the Sultan is denied.The agitation in Hungary is increasing. Thirty thousand men have been concentrated near Pesth.
An immense fire commenced at London on Saturday night, which raged all night, and destroyed Cottons' wharf and the ranges of adjoining warehouses in Tooley street. Four thousand bales of American hope were destroyed. The destruction of other property was so great that the prices of many articles will be affected. Six lives were lost during the fire, including Mr. Braidwood, chief of the fire brigade.
Advices from Melbourne to April 11th have been received. The English mail steamer had been wrecked on the coast, and part of the crew murdered by the natives.
Commercial.
Breadstuffs closed dull and provisions also Consols closed at 89¾ a 89 7/6 for money, and 90a 90¼ for account.
The disaffection is increasing at Warsaw.
