AMERICA.

Press, Volume II, Issue 45, 22 March 1862, Page 5

AMERICA.

RELEASE OF THE CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS, We learn from the • Age,' of 6th March that the Albrecht Oswald, which arrived at Hobson's Bay on the sth instant, brought Californian papers to the 15th January. From these, later English and American news was obtained. The most interesting item was the announcement that the American Government had complied with the demands of England, and that the Southern Commissioners had been released. We cull the following extracts: — Providence, 2nd January. DEPARTURE OF MASON AVD SLIDELL. The British gun-boat Rinaldo left at 5 p.m., with Messrs. Mason and Slidell and suite on board. The agent of the Government who superintended the removal of Messrs. Mason and Slidell from Fort "Warren to the British gun-boat, returned this morning. No -papers were exchanged between the agent and the English commander, in connection with the delivery and reception of the rebel Commissioners. France has addressed a note to the American cabinet, proposing that Russia and Austria shall act as mediators between the United States and England in relation to the arrest of Mason and Slidellf and other matters of dispute. BY OVERLAND TELEGRAPH. Quincey, 31st December. The s.s. Asia, from Liverpool on the 21st December, arrived at Halifax to-day. She brings five hundred' troops. Warlike preparations continue unabated. The Asia and Persia nave also arrived with troops. The Cleopatra and Parana are looked for to-day. Rumours are in circulation in Paris, to the effect that the Government had sent a note to Russia, Prussia, and Austria, suggesting a common action oi' Great Powers between England and America.—[This, we presume, means that France suggested that the Great Powers should unite to prevent a war between England and the United States.—Eds. ' Alta.'] The' Opinion Nationale,' says, France has no enemy but England, and that France should not weaken the United States. Quinoy, Ist, January. Additional news from Europe has been reoeived by the Etna, which arrived in New York, 81st December A telegram on the 20th, from Berne, Switzerland, says:—The Federal Council has received a circular, addressed by the French Government to the European powers* declaring that tbe arrest of Manson and Slidell were contrary to the principles which are regarded as essential to the security of neutral fllags, and that the French Government deemed it necessary for the Cabinet at Washington to make concessions. Paris correspondence generally says that if hostilities between England and America cannot be arrested they will become general.— lbid. Messrs. Mason and Slidell have departed for England. It is probable that their arrival there will be the signal for an ovation. They will doubtless be lionized for a time, not because of their personal importance, but because the outraged dignity of England nas been vindicated by their release.