Further from Europe.
more English opinions.
Lord Palmerston has been installed as Warden of the Cinque Ports. In his speech he incidentally alluded to the battles of Bull Run and Manassas Plains, as an evidence of the helplessness and inefficiency of brave but undisciplined troops against an organized enemy.
The London Times concludes a leading editorial on the American question, by stating that the subjugation of the Confederate States by the United States is a hopeless undertaking.
Lord John Russell's latest letter says that the issue is narrowing down to the question of slavery and abolitionism, and thinks that President Lincoln will soon declare all slaves within the United States to be free.
Fifteen thousand bales of cotton have been purchased by leading houses here for shipment to the United States.
