The New York Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1856, Page 1

| WHOLE NO. 72:33. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. IMPORTANT FROM ENGLAND. “QU RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN, The News More Peaceful. THE SUBJECT IN P. ‘i MR, DALLAS NOT TO BE DISMISSED, THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE RELATIONS OF SPAIN TOWARDS MEXICO. Abticipated Rupture between Austria and Sardinia, \ Danish Sound Dues. -- Execution. of William Palmer, the Poisoner. IMMENSE REDUCTION OF THE FRENCH ARMY, > + Ey &e., &o. The Cunard mail steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, has arrived, ‘The Asia sailed from Liverpool soon after 4 o'clock P. <M. of the 14th, with the mails and pincty passengers, and #rrived at half past ten o’clock yesterday morning. ‘The steamahip Fulton, from New York for Havre, touch- Jed at Southampton on the 14th inst, There is much excitement in England respecting Ame- «fican affairs, Yiverpool and Manchester have issned a peace circular, saddreased to the citizens of America, and the feelings of ‘the people secm more active and moregeneral in favor ‘of peace. Lord John Russell has given special notice that on — Monday he would move an inquiry as to what is the in- tention of the British government on this question, inas- much as the almost universal feeling of the British people 4s in favor of peace, _ Palmer was hung on Saturday morning. He died with- out a struggle. He made no confession, ‘The London Times, of June 12, says:—~ Her Majesty’s ship Shannon. 51, is the chief object of Preparation in Portsmouth dockyard, The artificers are as busy (and numerous) as bees upon her, and are set- ting up her rigging and internal fittings with astonishing @lacrity. Captain George Nathaniel Broke, Bart., C.B. €on of the celebratad victor in the action between the old @hannonand the Chesapeako, visited the new Shannon a fow days ogo; and this has given currency to a report that he will ‘for auld lang syae’’ be appointed to the -- Command of this, the largest and most powerful steam ‘frigate in the world. Bler Majesty's ship Imperieuse, 51, Captain R. B. Watson, ‘CR. and the squadron of steam despatch gan vessels cruising under her, off Falmouth, have recotyed orders to «prepare for any service that may suddenly be required of ‘them. They were lying in Carrick Roads couling, &., on Tuesday, bvt, there having been only a limited supply of “coal at Falmouth, the Imperieuse went to Plymouth to ‘complete her stock ani procure stores for the squadron, awhich she will rejoin to-day. » Her Majesty’s screw corvettes Cossack, 21, and Tartar, MM, Captains ‘Fanshawe and Duniop, lett Spithead yester- J lernoon for Halifax; and the Pylades, 21, Captain D'kyncourt, was under orders and ready to follow at 6 o'clock Inst evening, aud the Nile, 91, Captain Mundy, Quis morning. . + The Opinieme of Tarin, of the 9th inst., say4:— “We learn that when General de Dabormida saw, ho lo't his card an interview with eneral Dabormida had no raission from his go- ~ Vernment to that of Vieuna, the visit was strictly of a pri- wate nature, and we are told that it le) to no satisfactory alution of the present difficulties. They conversed about he eequerwutions in Lombardy, each maintaining his own wpinion auflirchingly. General de Daborinida, in concla- sion, sxid the only solution po.ble was the repeal of the decree westration by Autria; aller which the two eparated, hat the international com- mission to regularise the limit+ of Bessarabia has now Completely suspended ita siti in consequence of the wrotert of Russia against Muh'is Pacha (George Stourdza.) ‘Nothing is known as to when it is to resume its labors. On the evening of the 1th of June the Lord and Lady “Mayoress of London entertained at dinner, atthe Mansion house, the presidents of the learned societies, and a lite- wary party. Mr. John Forster, in acknowledging a com- pliment on behalf of the press, called attention to the cre- ~ ditable part which it had taken in every question of mo- meat, end particularly to the manner in which at present it was exetiing ils influence to arrest and stay the greatest of all Auman calamilics—war. ( Applause.) A letter trom Berlin, of June 11th, says :— At Frankfort on-the-Maine a committee of respectable merchants has been formed, in connection with a similar committee in New York, and with the assistance of an American lawyer of eminence, to watch over the interests sof thoxe German capitalists who have invested their money 4n American railway shares, the dividends of which are ‘noi fortclicoming. ‘During the lasttwo years no less than eighteen rxitway compauies in the United States have failed to invet their engagements, or else only partially fuldled them. According'yo statistical returns lately published, out of tweive and half million passengers who travelied last “year on’Prussian railways, aot one was killed, and only @hree hurt, 2 consequence of their own carelessness, On tho other hand, a great number of the railway servants have lost their lives, or been more or less severely in- jured, This has given rise to their establishing a mutual insurance association, the mombers of which contribute wo pence, four pence, or eight pence » month; and, in feturn, they or their famtliesare entitle 1, in case of acci- dent, ton bonus of £3 10s., £7 or £14, according to the @mount of their subse iptions. Fhe French government has resolved on reducing the army by nearly 200,000 men. The discharges are de- Anitive, and none, including even nou-commissioned of. cers, will be allowed to again enter the army except as sprivate soldic ‘The Ministers of the Legislative body are, it is whis- pered, squabbling amongst themselves as to the amount hey shall give to the victims of the inundations, some “proposing @ collective sum of 106,000f, (£4,000), others 1,006f, each, and others, that each member shall give what he pleases. Count de Montalembert and his friends are in favor of giving a collective sum, ‘The alterations about to be proposed in the French tariff embrace cotton and woollen tissues and merchan- dise (brandies and vessels for sea service excepted). The sproject has yet to be submitted to the Council of State. A letter from Constantinople, of June 2, states that the diferences between England and Persia are likely to be ‘gottied by the intervention of the Vorte. Two confer ences have already been beld. Lord Stratford conducts ‘the aftnir ‘The Paris Comstitutionnel, of the 11th inst., has the fol Lowing:—We ure quite justified in expressing # hope that 4 ‘the difference between Spain and Mexico will not be so serious as war suppored. We learn already b: from Mexico, that Genera) Almonte has been appointed Minister Menipotentiary of that republic at the Court of ‘Spain. There can be uo doubt that the presence of this sporsouage at Madrid will poworfully contribute tw smooth il the difficuitios that haye arisen betweeu the two countries. The Breslac Gate aseerts that Austria intends to re- ‘call ber Charge d’Affaires from Turin, on account of a pew pote eaid to have been addresod by the Count Ca- * your to the Court of St. Petersburg, and containing com- plaints against Austria, om account of the attitude she bas -gewumed with regard to Sardinia. ‘The silk harvest in ftaly is a complete failure, but the -pereal crops are very abundant «The Prince Soragni, President of the Court Martial at (Parma, has resigued, on aovount of his inability to recon -cile bis duties as judgo with the Austrian military autho. ities Correspondence from Turin rep esents the Mazzinian party ws agitating very actively with» of compre gising Preiment, The clerical party have beaten the Liberals in the parliamentary elections at Gand. At Tour Nai, alvo, the same party has triamy Led 2 ‘The Sultan bax sent 40,000 france, through the Turkish tabemeador ot Paris, for the pullgrere by (lag Unundations Subscriptions for the eame object have been opened in every part of Piedmont. A meoting was held in London on the 13th inst., under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of ex- Pressing sympathy with the sufferers by the recent inum dations in France, and to open subscriptions for their re- lief. On the platform were Lord Ravensworth, Baron Rothschild, Mr. R. Currie, M. P., Mr. E. Denison, M. P., Mr. T. Baring, M. P., and seyeral other members of War- lament, the Governor of the Bank of England and a num- ber of other influential gentlemen. The subscriptions amounted to nearly £5,000. The select Parliamentary committee appointed to con- elder of the Danish Sound dues met at three o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th. The members pre- sent were, Mr. Villiers (chairman), the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Mr, Disraeli, Mr. New degate, Mr. Cardwell, Lord Stanley, Mr. Mitchell, Viscount Chelsea, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Bramley-Moore, Mr. Hott, Mr. Phillimore, Mr. Devey and Mr. Duncan The meeting was merely preliminary; and, after some conversation, it was agreed thatthe first public mecting should beheld on Tuesday, 17th inst., on which day the government and the various trade associations should be invited to produce evidence. Five million rounds of Minie ball cartridges are in course . Of preparation at Woolwich Arsenal, and are about to be. despatched to make up deficiencies in the supply with which the British troops are provided at the present mo- ment in Canada. A considerable quantity of this ammu- nition bas been prepared and stored in the floating maga- zines, at the rate of 62,000 rounds per day, preparatory to embarcation for Toronto, On the 24th of May the English army in the Crimea celebrated, with much pomp, the anniversary of the birthday of Queen Victoria. Marshal Pelissier and the superior staff of the French army were present at this celebration, which derived pe- culiar interest from the presentation to tho Gritish troops of the military medals grauted to them by the Emperor Napoleon, Captain Thompson, one of the defenders of Kars, has died from the effects of his wounds aad privations. Richard L. Swift, British Consul at Buffalo, is appointed to the same office at Riga. According to article 34 of the Concordat of Austria, con- cluded between his Imperial Royal Apostolic Majesty of Austria and his Holiness the Pope, everything relating to ecclesiastical persons and matters, of which no mention is made in the articles, is to be arranged and settled ac- cording to the canonical laws and the disciplinary regula- tions approved by the Papal chair. There have been published in London copies of recent correspondence on the alterations of the organizafton of the Indian Department in Canada, It appears that the yearly average of the sums voted for defraying the ex- pense of the Indian Department in Canada, during the seven years from 1849 to 1855, was £12,983, and the ave- rage of the sum actually extended £11,061 a year. It has long been settled that the general ‘presents’ to the tribes, in progress of annual reduction, shall cease in 1858. * The bill modifying the existing laws affecting trade, under discussion in the Belgian Chambers, proposes an import duty on pig iron, per 100 kilo., 2fr.; iron in bars, 4fr.; machines and machinery in cast iron, 3fr.; machines and machinery in iron and steel, 7fr, 30.; machines and machinery in brasé or other metals, 12fr.; machines and machinery for spinning purposes, 12fr. Prices of cotton were stiffer on Saturday, tho 14th, but not quotably higher. Sales on that day, 15,000 bales. Sales to speculators, 8,600. Consols, for money, 94a 94%. The Manchester market opened heavy, but at tho close of the week was firmer. Messrs. Richardson, Spence & Co.'s circular states that since the sailing of the Atlantic the breadstuff market has been firm, but the transactions have been only to a modorate extent. Whest is wholly unchanged in price. Flour is in limited demand at previous prices, say for Western canal 30s. a 33s. 6d.; Ohio, 353. 6d. a 37s. 6d. Corn is firm, and in some cases 6d. a 1s. higher prices have been paid. White is quoted ut 30s. a Sls. 6d.; yel- tow and mixed, 29s, 6d, Beef is dull at previous rates, Pork is dull, but un- need in price. Bacon is in limited request at last ek’s rates. Buyers demand a reduction. Lard is un- changed, and very scarce on the spot at 60s. a 63s., and to arrive, at Sle. 6d. a 643, Ashes are unchanged. Pots, 36s. a 875.; pearls, 41s. Spirits of turpentine, 321; a $234. For common rosin the prises are unchanged, and in active demand at 4s. 6d. Rice, 258. 6d. Sugar has advanced sixpence. Coffee firm. The bullion in the Bank of England has increased. Money iseasier. United States stocks have declined. Luited States bonds, 6's, 1868, are quoted at 100; United States stock, 1867-'68, 100, ex-dividend. Our London Correspondence. Lospoy, June 13, 1856. Receipt of the News of the Dismissal of str. Crampton— Important and Authentic Information of the Course De termined on by the British Cabindt—Mr. Dallas not to be Dismissed—The Central American Question likely to continue an Open One—The Chevalier Wikof’s New Work, de., de. The dismissal of Crampton and the withdrawal of the exequaturs of the three Englich consuls are, of course, the engrossing topics of interest at the present moment. The news bas, however, created much less excitement than was anticipated. ‘The prevailing feeling among the great bulk of the English people is, that the exercise of its right of sending nway persons obnoxious to it ought not to be made a subject of quarrel with the American goy- «rmment. In fact, the precedent established by Lord Pul- merston himself, in the case of the English consul who, you may remember, was imprisoned in Prussia for an offence analogous to that with which Crampton and his colleagues are charged, would seem to exclude all grounds for reprisals on the part of the Cabinet of which his lord- ship is the head. Mr, Dallas had an interview with Lord Clarendon on Wednesday, the 1th inst., and informed him of the in- tention of the American government to send away Mr. Crampton and the three consuls. The despatch of Mr. Marcy in which this intimation was conveyed, was ex- tremely concilfatory, and furnished additional evidence of the fact alleged against the British minister and his sub- ordinates. It shows clearly that those persons exccoded the instructions given them by their government. It is quite certain that Mr, Dallas will not bo dismissed, Of this fact I have the most positive and authoritative as- urances. The British government ie unwilling to drive waters to extremities, and will be glad to avail itsell of the proofs forwarded by Mr. Marcy to extricate itself from a most embarrassing and critical position. Cramp- ton and his colleagtes will therefore go by the board, and but {ow at either side of the Atlantic will regret their dis: grace. ‘These men have caused too much trouble and cuficulty by their foolish proceedings to render people here particularly anxious as to their fate. Marey bas manifested a disposition to arbitrate on the Central American question; but then his acceptance of the proposition of the British government applies only to its minor details, The leading points can, he thinks, be settled by direct negotiation between the two govern- ments. This, you will perceive, leaves room for future difficulties, The offer of Lord Clarendon was a fair ono, and offered a certainty of closing the matter definitively. ‘Ibis half and half acceptance seems like a lawyer's bill of exceptions, intended to stave off a decision and to keep the litigants in hot water. On the whole, however, things wear a more satisfac- tory aspect. We shall have no war arising out of the Crampton affair; and the Central American question will, in the end, find an amicable solution, The politicians on both sides have bad their fun, and given themselves all the cousequence they could out of these disputes, They know their position too well to venture to push the game any further. Paimerston, however, wishing to make a show of fight, even when he knows there is no chance of gratifying his pugnacious propensities, has sent out rein- forcements to the fleet on the North American station. If the demonstration has no other effect, it will at least exercise the crews and give the vessels an airing. Manchester comes out in the Times of to-day with an address to the American people, Louis Napoleon bas his hands full just now with the tnundations, It is lucky for bim that he has got out of war, He bas recently made a new reduction of the tariff, The Chevalier Wikoff new work on European dijlo- wacy le a the press ud will ebortly make ils ap) ear: MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1856. ance. It is said to be @ very racy and amusing compilation, containing a little of everything — politics, diplomacy ,religion, love and financiering. ‘The Chevalier’s narrative of his relations with the British government will make up the contents of the first volume, which will be published in London about the middle of next month; and bis coup dil of England, France and the United States, will be reserved for the second volume, which will come out a little Jater. It will contain, it is eald, some curious anecdotes in con- nection with General Webb's operations over here. Ag your literary confrere has aimed at achieving a Euro- pean reputation, he will be delighted to find himself figur- ing in Wikoffs book, in company with the great person- ages whom when in London he delighted to honor with his society, Look ont, therefore, for something spicy and amusing. The Chevalicr’s pen has the gift of invest. ing the subjects that it touches with an eccentric and pungent interes. Our Paris Correspondence. ‘Pams, June 12; 1856, Reserve Maintaned by the French Press on’ the Difficulties between England and the Onited States—Its Motives Coolness between the Governments uf Russia and France = The Croanptan Imbroglio—The Central American Ques- tion—Proposition to Great Britain to Cele Back the Bay Talands to Honduras—The Italian Question, Lc., &e. Almost the only topic of conversation is the English. American question, and the probability of war with the United States. In conjunction with the inundations it has knocked the French funds down (not so the English —showing that the former are qnoted on far more ficti- tious reasons), and it has given great concern to the French government. That concern, however, does not appear in the public prints; on the contrary, it is shown by the extreme care with which the matter is kept out of print, or touched so lightly as not by any , possibility to lead to very serious considerations, What liitle there ap- pears in the French papers, however, shows a disposi- tion not to break with the United States, and “above all things, not to offend our national pride. That has been the course of the Débats, the Constitutionnel, and with one exception (the number"issued on the Sth inst.) of the Pays, the immediate journal of the Emperor. The Patrie has lately been added to the journals for which the French government is held responsible; and the Patrie, I observe, has in consequence copicd,the diplomatic reserve ofits more ponderous cotemporarios, There are two reasons for this reserve: One, the above named feverish condi- tion of the Paris Bourse, joined to the fuct that all Paris seems to haye become a huge gaming establishment, at which not only private, but public property and national fame are bought and sold ata unt, and the other that the Emperor still hopes to act as modiator in our difficulties with Pagiand, Reserving for himself thia in. portant rdle, he is caretul pot t@ compromise his position with the United States, or (> prejudge the ease, What is most dreaded here in official circles, ix the selection of the Emperor of Ruseia as arbitrator between the United States and Creat Britain; an the French government will goa great lengta to prevent such an occurrence. ‘The pres. tige of Louis Nupoicon, at this conjuncture of politica! afiirs in Europe, would materially sutier from it; for it would reveal to the world the fact which the long headed dipto- matists of Europe have already discovéred, that the cordial treatment of France by the Emperor Alexander has, by the treaty of tho 15th of April, been followed by a marked official coolness, which has not been diminished or changed by the late family re-union of the Emperor of Russia and his German reiatives in Berlin. In this state of things, which renders the Anglo-French alliance a po- litical necessity to both parties, France would very much object to see Kussia invested with the high arbitration of an American question that might serve to invest her, so soon after the late war, with the leadership in interna- tioual politics. Franco, you inay rely on it, will use her very best efforts to prevent a war between England and the United States, uot only as regards the ridiculous Crampton imbroglio, but also in regard to tho Contral American question. ‘As regards the dismissal of Mr. Crampton, on which subject we have very contradictory reports, and in re- gard to which the government itself does not seem to be correctly informed, persons in the immediate neighbor hood of the Emperor do not think the matter has as yet assumed a warlike aspect. It is yet possible, it is Bought, that England wil! recall Crampton, provided the diplomatic correspondence carried on between Mr. Marcy and Lord Clarendon, through Mr. Dallas, is of ® conciliatory nature, On the main points, to wit, the declaration on the yart of the British gov: eynment that it meant no offence, and that if offenc was given, it is sorry for it, both governments aro satis fied; and there remains, cot ently, nothing but the difference of opinion betwee: ir government and that of Great Britain whether Mr. Crampton acted against the text and spirit of our laws, as we understand and have the right to insist upon, or whether Mr. Crampton was guiltless of any such intentional infraction of our laws a3 Tord Clarendon understands and interprets our laws. ‘The obtuseness of a British minister in regard to such a pont cannot form a legitimate pretext for war or blood- shed, and if, to avoid similar mistakes from incapacity to understand our laws, the President of tho United States repeats his request to England that she may withdraw her blundering minister trom Washington, and replace him by a gentleman more learned in the laws—at least of our country—or ono who expresses a willingness to learn, it is thought here in Paris, or, to speak more correctly, ai the present moment itis thought at St. Cloud, that the British ministry will make this concession w the government of the United States, for the avowed pur- ose of xpiting Mr. Pierce, who wants a war to aid his sinking political fortunes, and for the sake of es- tablishing peace in Kansas. ’ Baron B., an exceeding. ly clever Russian diplomat, has suggested even a more speedy and efficacious remedy of the whole difficulty. “Why does not Lord Clarendon,” the shrewd Russi: diplomatist obrerved, ‘order Mr. Crampton to be sick, so as to require the inhaling of his aative air? He might then be sent to the south of Europe to recover his health.’ When Sir Lytton Bulwer was drummed out of Spain, he was sent to the north—that is, to the United States. Why should not Mr Crampton, his successor in Washington, be sent from the Cnited States to Madrid? Again I say, there is every reasonable prospect that the Crampton affair will not lead to war, and that the cloud will blow over without further mischief. Mr. Dallas, in pite of the hostile attitude of the London 7imes, which sometimes thunders without exhibiting the phenomenon of lightning, will not be dismissed iy the rt of § Janes, anc for this leniency toward him he is as much indebted to the sentiment of respect and admira tion with which he has inspired ail classes of Eng lish sourety, as to the wisdom and moderation of those British statesmen who are not willing to gratify Lord Puimerston and his colleagues at the expense of their ckets. If the late war with Russia was beyond roason forethought expensive, and the result of it altogether disproportionate to its cost, that small result would be still further reduced and changed into positive damage by a war with the United States. A war with America would not only increase and perpetuate the income tax, but diminixt the income itself, and thereby render the tax nugatory. As to the settlement of the Central American question, very considerable steps have been taken hero in Paris to bring the matter about. Spain cannot afford to have a war carried on in the Guif of Mexico. She is afraid of Cuba, of our privateers, and what not. She is, therefore, using her best efforts, on the one hand, to’ quiet the United States by a treaty of commerce which shail obvi- ate all difficulties about Cuba, and cnable us to derive all advantages from the Island which its possession itself wauld secure to our merchants and navizutors, and on the other, by endeavoring to induce England to abandon the possession of the Bay Islands, (he taking possession “f which has been considered by our government ag a virtual and flagrant infraction ef the Clayton-Balwer treaty. The Spanish Minister, Olazaga, a very shrowd and able old gentleman, has, to this effect, had several interviews with the principal persons of the Emperor's government and his Majesty himself, as has also had the Minister from Honduras; and the result has been a pro- position, which has already been submitted to England, that she cede the above islands back again to Honduras, which she can do without sacrifice of national honor, in that spirit of concession and good will toward so small a Yower as Honduras, which is sure to meet with the ap- probation of the civilized world. Thiz is the direction matters are taking on this side of the Atlantic, while the papers are still blustering and filled with doleful appre hensions of war and bioodshed, Prince Napoleon will set out for the north af Europe immediately aiter the baptism of the Imperial Prince. His voyage will bear a scientific character, though it will scarcely be as happily illustrated as that other yeyage of discovery to the Polar regions, which has been so happily satirized by Voltaire ix his inimitable Micromegas. The voyage of the Prince is a forced exile from Paris, the daily difficulties arising between and the Emperor having of late” assumed so offensive a character as to render cohabitation in the fame city absolutely impossible. Prince Napoleon, 1 can assure yof, is neither fond of phica) sciences, nor is hea friend of new scientific discoveries in the North The ‘sea of troubles’’ in Paris would have been far more entertaining to his Imperial Highness; but the Emperor knows how to make himself obeyed, not only by the French people, but also by the members of his family. Cardinal Patraza, the Pope’s Legate, arrived hore day before yesterday. Ho was received at the depot by the ecclesiastical dignitaries of Paris and the Grand Master of Ceremonies of the Emperor, but not by any imperial per. sonage. The Pope having sent a Legato utterly unknowa in politics and accompanied by men without political color, the Emperor, not to disturb the sacredness of the rely Christian act of the Church of Rome, abstains caro- ally from any demonstration of solicitude that might ve construed into an act of fealty to the Sovercign Ponttt. I shrewdly suspect, however, that the baptism of tie Prince once fairly over, the Italian question will be tak» up in good earnest, and some progress made toward its 80- lution. It is undeniable that all Italy is a political cauldron, and that (ang ar Lt ph om fed preve wos plosion. Magzini is not going to uy is ow, in pl probobility, ia Switzerland, : ’ /ANGLO-AMEWWCAN DIFFICULTY, a pew ‘The Dismissal of Mr. Craopton—The Subject in Parllament—Sp ches of the Ministers i ions of the English and Hi Press—Interesting eace Manifes- ’ (\ novse oF Loxps. / Fuuar, June 23, 1846. cellor took his seat on the Woolsack at The Lord five o'clock. co, my lords, of the el igence said ‘to have ved wi'bin the last iow days, and of the critica: state of our relations with tho United States, I shal? xh- stain m offermg any comment upon the question feel it my duty to putty her jesty’s govern ment; add I hope, adopting that course, I shall ine with your loraships’ approbation, The question whicts I have to put to the noble earl (the Earl of Clarendon) is whether, withip the last few days, the jovernment have received any official informution ‘om the American Minister at this Court of the intention of the goverument of the United States to suspen t all diplomatic intercourse with this country, by distnisaing ir. Crampton aud withdrawing their exequatur from ths ree British Consuis? 1 wish to know, also, whether, it there was a such communication, it was mide in writing, and if so, whother ber Majesty’s government will object, withont delay, to lay it before Parliament? [ wish also to know whether, im the event of such com munication having been received, her Majesty's govern- ment are prepared to stato to Parliumont the course eT intend to advise her Mujesty to pursne? ‘Tho Farl of Chaxxxpox—My lords, in reply to the ques- tion of the noble earl, [have to say, that upon the day before yesterday Mr. Dallas, the American Minister at this Court, communicated to me a despatch from his zov- ernment, in which it was stated that the assurances given by her Majesty's goverament were satisfactory with re- spect to the fact of no instructions baying been sent, aud of no intention having existed on the part of this government in avy way to violate or infringe the laws of the United slates. But the answer given to Mr. Dullas was not equally satis- factory with regard to Mr. Crampton and our Consuls, for it appeared that they were still to be considered as repre- sentatives unacceptable to the government of the United States. The President had, therefore, determined to send Mr. Crampton his passports, and to withdraw their exequatur from the three Consuls. Tho despatch was read to me by Mr, Dallas, and a copy of it bas been furnished to mo; but her Majesty's government have not yet finally determined upon the course which they will recommend her Majesty to pursue. As soon as they have done 50, it will be their duty to communicate that determination to Parliament, and to lay before ita copy of the despatch. 1 think it right also to mention that Mr. Dalias, at the same time, in communicating to me another despatch with respect to the questions relating (0 Central Atnerica, announced to me that Mr. Marcy stated that there were certain points upon which it was possible that the arbitration of a third Power might be usefully resorted to, but that at the same time his opinion was that the whole question might be set- tled by direct negotiation. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tho Speaker took tho chair at four o'clock. Mr. Disraxts said he now wished to make that inquiry which ho was prevented making the day before by the absence of the noble lord at the head of the government. He would ask him whether the information which had reached him that the diplomatic relations between tho English Minister at Washington and the government to which he was accredited had ceased? He wished to ask, also, whether the exequatur had been withdrawn from the several Consuls in the United States; and, if that in- formation were true, whether the noble lord was pre- pared to inform the House what course her Majesty's go- vernment was prepared to take? Lord Pauwerston—My noble friend at the head of the Foreign Deyartment received Jate in the evening of the day before yesterday, from Mr. Dallas, two despatches addressed to Mr. dullas by Mir. Marcy, the United States Seeretary of Stato for the” i’oveign Department—one upon the subject of the recruiting question, the other relating to Central American affairs. As the question of the right hon. gentleman relates to the first, [ shall confine my statement to that. It results trom that despatch that the United States government, though perfectly satisfied with tho ex- planation offered by the Farl of Clarendon with regard to the conrse her Majesty’s government had pursued in that matter, and though he (Mr. Marcy) deoms this explana- tion as perfectly settling the question as far as her Ma- jesty’s government are concerned, yet nevertheless, for reasons alleged, the government of the United States are not equally satisfied in regard to the course pursued by our Minister at Washington, or the three Consuls at Cin- cinnati, Philadelphia and New York; and he had express- ed to Mr, Patlas the intention of the American govern ment to deliver his passports to Mr. Crampton, and their exequatur to the Consuls. With regard to the course which her Majesty’s government may think it right to take upon a matter of such importance, the House will feel that, until J have an opportunity of bringing tho fuli circumstances before them, I cannot angwer that ques- tion. (Hear.) Mr. Baitim wished to ask if the noble lord was dispos- ed to name a day fer bringing on the question to which his (Mr. Baillie’s) motipn reterredy He understood the army estimates were fixed for Monday. — With that ar- rangement he was not disposed to interfere; but he wished to ask if the noble lord would fix a day later in the week, and if he would lay upon the table the de- spatch of Mr. Marcy? Lord Parwensron said that was a reasonable accommo- dation, and therefore the honorable member should have his choice of Monday or Friday. Mr. Gixoy guid he understood the noble lord to say that Mr. Pallas bad made a communication to Lord Cla- endon with regard to the Ceutral American question, as weil as that relating to the recruiting question. He now wished to know whether, in that communication, an answer was given to the proposal to submit the Central American question to arbitration? Lord Vatmerston said it, would require time to enter into a long detail to give explanations upon that point; but he might say that the general tenor of the communi- cation was that the United States government were of cpinion that that question would be better settled by direct negotiation between the two governments. Mr. Guusow inquired whether, in case direct negotiations failed, the American government refused arbitration? Lord Patwexeton replied that there was no refusal of arbitration. Mr. Dsrarti expressed a hope that the nobie lord would place the despatch upon the table before the debate on Mr. Baillie’s motion took pisce. Lord Pauexneton replied that that would depend upon the manner in which the government might reply to it The subject then dropped. Lord J. Bussrtt said—I wish only to say a few words in reepect to a statement made by my noble friend at the head of the goverament. It appcars, from his statement, that her Majesty's Minister at Washington has been fur- nished with his passports, and desired to leave that coun- try; and that Mr. Dallas, who is the American Minister at this Court, ius been furnished with certain instructions in respect of Coutral America, and has been informed that, in regard to certain points, t negotiations should take place between the two countries, and with regard to other points arbitration should be agreed upon. {do not wish at all to find fault with my noble friend for not giving fur- ther information, but I do feel that it is a most critical state of atlairs, and that this house ought to bave some information. | do not propose toask any questions of iny noble fricnd,as he has stated that the government have not yetdecided upon the course which they intend to adopt; but] shall think it my duty on Monday rext, before the heuse goes into commiitee upon the army estimates, to ask tor some explanation of my noble friend as to the course which the government proposes to pursue. [ think itis not eth any discussion upon nigh it is somewhat a surrender of the usual privileges of the house, I might conceive the circumstances were stich that all discussion snd all ex planation ought to be avoided. But £ caniut but perceive that while this house has Kept silent upon these subjects, they have Ween taken up by the newspapers, and there have ap- peared in some of Huse reaapapert articles which will give to ‘America cn impression bighly unfavoratle to the continuance Of peace betwern the two covntrics. (Hear, hear.) Lam nation carncatly —that T so persuaded that (his house and the whol desire the continuance of this peace—(h think it is most desirable that my nobl portunity, state the views of the gove the subj shall, th ¢, on Monday 1 _ the house goes into committee of supply on the army estimates, ask my noble friend the course which the gov- ernment intenda to puree in respect of Mr. Dallas, the American Minister at this Court, and whether the proposal of America for negotiations will be eutered upon by the government of this country. In the House of Commons, on 12th inst., Mr. Barnim said it would be recollected that an bonorabie genticman, who apparently took great interest in the American quos tion, had put a question to him asking what he ‘nt to do with respect to the notice whieh he had given on the subject of nm recruitment. He (Mr. Baillie) wished to ask the right honorabie geatioman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer a question as to the course of business tomorrow. He understood that the army ett mates were to come on to-morrow, But the noble lord at the head of the government bad promised him that he would give due notice before these estimates should be »b hton. The Cy whieh he wished t put was, whether they would be brought on to-morrow? ‘The CHANCHLLON OF Tite EXCHEQUER Said that it was the intention of her Majesty’s government, if the civil service estimates should be passed through, w pro the navy estimates the first thing w morrow, and, if time admitted, that the army estimates should be taken aflerwarda, (Hear, hear.) Mr. Baitusé said that he should consider that course a breach of faith on the part of the government. He did not consider that it would be giving him fair notice, ‘Hear, hear.) M Mr. Diskakii—I ai sure that her Majesty's government do not intend to be guilty of any breach of faith towards my honorable friend. I think my impression of what took place in the house was that there was an understand. ing between mg honoeablo friend and the noble lord the first Minister sullicient notice should be given of the intention of the government to propose the vote for the army estimates, in order that my hoaorable friend mig't, if he thought fit, call the attention of the house w the state of our present relations with the United States, ‘will be in the memory of the house that I have, on one or two occasions, addressed questions on this subject to the noble lord (Viscount Palmerston), who is now absent, aud that] have not received any precise answer, Cer- tainly, if the noble lord were ¢, L should feel it my duty to address other inquiries to her Majesty's govern. ment, for, although no further urrivals are apparently notified from the United States, it is a very general im ression that a communication of y ery great importance been made on the subject from the United states wo her Majesty’s government. Considering that the novie Jord the first Minister is absent, I have thought it, on the holo, more Gonyenicut thatl should wot address tual question, and I have no doubt able friend who bas originated vis conversation has been very much considerations. I do think tnere was an under. standing that my bonorable friend should treve an op- portunity of bringing forward for the consideration of the house the nature of our relations with the united States. I did understand that going into Committee of supply on the army estimates would be a very favorable opportunity for that discussion, and I did understand that the first minister had promised that dae noicestould be given o/ xoing into the committee of supply. If the government intend to murrow to go tuto the committee of supply on the army estimates, I, wid Tam sure every entleroan in the house will expect—it a que-tion is to raised with respect to our reimtions with the United Shates—that the government wil! appoint w day for that discussion .) ov Tue Excurgcer said ho was not aware of the us lerstavding wo which the right hon. geu- tieman bad referred. But there could be no ditfloulty, for the urmy estimates shontd nos be taken to morrow. ‘Phe only question Was whether tt would be more conve. nient tO Tx Mouday or Thursday, If it wenld suit the convenience of the house it wouht be better to tix the army estimates ior Monday Dr. Diskaxis sukt thet must depend on the answer whieh the government iight make to this amiry; but, in the absenee of the ueDie lord, be did not think that it ‘would be convenient to tix a day’ ‘The CHascea.on OF THR ExCegueR—At all events, the Grluy siimutes Wouki Lot be fixed for w morrow. Afr, Baik wished to state that he did nut intend to ad- here to the terms of the votice whieh he had woven ta consequence wf Use very upportaat events whieh bad since cecurred. He should alter the terms of tuat no- tice £4 soon as a day was fixed for the army estimates. (Henr, bear.) OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS, From the London dune 12.) We learn by the last advices from the Uulted States that the disprite between them and the English govern ment is rapidly passing into ® stage which will necossi tate a speedy decision on the whole questicu. We ave no longer permitted to doubt that the goverument of General Pierce consivers { ompelled by the exigency of its Present position to intict upon the ministry of Lord Pal merston, and through them upon the British nation, some art of direct defiance apd hosulity which may at ouce vindicate to its supporters its character for apitit and re- solution, and enlist on its side ti th those unsettied and revolutionary ¢ 0 power {ul and go injurious aa in lent conncils of the American demo:racy There is, un- y, no longer any doubt that Mr Crampton ts to be dismi ; and Uwough the exact intelligence of his dismissal has not yet rewhed us, we may certainly expect to réeeive iuformation to that effect by the very next arrival. As the same time that our minister is to be dismissed the exe- quatur will be withdrawn from the three Consuls whom the American government considers as gu'lty of a viola tion Of its muuicipal law or soversign thehts, or of both. Of the correctness of tis intelligence we cannot, un- fortunately, prevend to express any manuor of doubt, ‘The circumstances, however, with which this decision is attended are weil worthy of the most careful consitera~ tion. If we are rightly ad, the Aweriean govern Ment accompanie the intimation of its iutention to dis- miss our Minister and Our Consuls with the most profuse assurances of good will and respect towards this country assurances the sivcerity of which would be indubitabie, were they not attenued by which harmonize so ill with protestations of respect and amity, The voice is certainly the voice of Jacob, but the hands are still the hands of Esau. It has become necessary to the American President and bis Cabinet to make against Great Britain a demonstration of a decided cha- racter, and that demonstration must be made, at what- ever cost and at whatever sacrilice, At the same time, the notification of their intention to dismiss the Minister and Consuls is accompanied by concilintory advances which really seem intended as far a3 possthie to mitigate the effect of the otfence they are determined to give. The expulsion of Mr. Crampton is uo longer, we believe, jus- tifed exclusively on the evidence of the diseredived wit- nesses; but this is confirmed, as it is contended, by that of other witnesses, who serve te prop up the -ivking credit ofthe original informers; and certain statements of Mr. Clayton, Mr. Crittenden, ard other men:bers of the Senate, distinctly charging Mr. Crampton with falseiooa in the version given by him to Lord Clarendon of conversations which Lad passed between him and those gontiomen, are also relied on, But this is not all, Mr. Dallas, the present American Minister here, is, we are assured, armed with the fullest powers to negotiate and finally settle the disputes con nected with the Central Ainerican quesiun; and, if un- able to come to an agreement, the two conttuctiag par- ties are cmpowered, without jurtier reference to Ameri- ca, to refer the question to the arbit ya of some impartial third person, to be seiecten by niutual concur- rence. ‘These are, no doubt, great conce and serve, we think, to show that, however des American gov- ernment may bo, for their own purposes, of inilicting upon us some signal mark of their rispieusure, they de not wish to push peweniet to such an extremity as onli Jorce upm us.an appeal to the sword. ‘They onty claim the Tight to dismiss our Minister and Con=uls, and are wuling to offer us any equivalent in their power for so unfriendly @ proceeding. In order that wo may abstain from dis- missing Mr. Dallas, they invest him with vast powers of negotiation and compromise, such as we can hay pec: to obtain from any succeeding Miuister. Clarendon wrote to the American government in ti courteous terns, but refused tie concesstotis whist it demanded, so the American government writes Lord Clarendon; in terms equally courteous, but equally drm ‘on the main point of disagreement. What, then, is to be our courze in a situation go difficult and so novel? Shall we retain Mr. Dallas, because the dismissal of Mr. Crampton has been accompanied by much conciliatory language, anu some real and important concessionst We apprehend this question will be best answered by another. Has Mr. Cramptot f such misconduct as authorises the American goy in dismissing him summarily and at once from this posi- tion as Minister at Washington? ‘The English government must fairly decide for them selves vpon the guilt or innocence of their accredited ser- vant. In such a decision they are liable to be misled by two very different sets of considerations. The pride of consistency, the natural wish to maintain a position once taken up, and the praiseworthy desire to protect the agent whom they have trusted, all point one way; while the love of peace and the apxiety toavail themselves of tie proffered settlement of the Central American question, tend with equal force in a contrary direction. All the advice we can offer is, to weigh the matter fairly and dispassion- ately, without fear or favor—to decide justly and to act resolutely. If Mr. Crampton be entirely inne. cent—if tho charges preferred against him by the Ameri. can government be untrue—if in the judgment of his offi- cial superiors he still be worthy of their confldence, no consideration whatever should induce them to submit to the insult offered them in his person, and to retain at the Court of hor Majesty the representative of a country which has vo far forgotten what is due to the dignity ot her representative. If, on the other hand, the American goverment shall succeed in proving either that Mr, Crampton has misrepresented the weight of the evidence against him, or has been guilty of the prevarication charg ed upon hin by Mr. Clayton and Mr. Crittenden, we trust that no false pride, no unwillingness to admit the possi dility of his having been in the wrong, will prevent us from acquiescing in an expulsion which he will then have most richly deserved, though it may have been inflicted for, very different purposes than the vindication of nation al honor. Weare strong, and it is the privilege of strength that it need stoop to no injustice and no meanness—tha: it need fear no miscemstruction from yielding to reasonable complaints, and shun no consequences from resisting unreasonable agyres- sion. [From the London Post, June 13.) We have reason to believe that any doubt which re- mained upon the public mind as to the statement which we made ten days ago, of the approaching expuision of Mr. Crampton from the territory of the United States, is now definitely removed. The United States Minister in London has, we understand, communicated to her Ma- jesty’s government the determination of the Cabinet of Washington to hold no further diplomatic intercourse with Mr. Crampton, and to withdraw the exequatur from the three Consuls who are alleged to have infringed the flaws of the Union, This declaration, we believe we may state, is accompanied by offers ostensibly conciliatory, inasmuch as Mr. Dallas haa received authority, if we re- tain him bere, to treat with full powers concerning the questions at igsue in Central America, and in case of non. agreement with Lord Clarendon, to refer the matter to an arbitrator to be jointly agreed upon. The American government has thus, in the rash en- forcement of its policy, taken the dangerous step of in- vulting England, accompanying the outrage by an offer which is intended to bribe us into quiet acquiescence. ‘Thia is the real purport of this act, so conciliatory in appearance, but in appearance only, Substantially it is of no value, because the American government must be well aware that it is impossible for the Cabinet of this country to disepes any matters with Mr, Dallas whilst Mr. Crampton is forcibly suspended from his functions in the United States: ‘We maintain that neither thia country nor Mr. Cramp- ton, in bis capacity of representative of this country, has e anything to justify this extreme measure, and we capnot, consistently with what is due either to the country or to Mr. Crampton, consent to accept a specific id direct insult for the sake of a pretended equivalent the shape of the concession of an arbitration of the Central American question, which is a matter standin entirely upon its merits, and totally unconnected wit Mr, Crampton, or with any of the acta imputed to him. Under these circumstances there is but one course whieh the country can oe from her Majesty's govern. ment. The dismissal of Mr. Crampton must be followed by the dismissal of Mr, Dallas, (From the London Post (city article,) June 14.] The English funds, and, indeed, the public securities generally, were to-day (18th) at lower prices. Consols left ‘of at 04 for the account, ex div. The altered condition of the market is to be attributed to the more rational view taken to-day of our diplomatic complications with tho United States, the serious character of which was explained this morning in Guo colurnns of the Morning Post. Tho ox- | treme fall of the day, in the consols market, was 3 per | cent; and even at tho close of business, as will be por- ceived by the above Ogures, things were not materially Detter. ‘From the London Post, Juno 14.] ‘The population of Manchester have issued from that preat centre of our Manufactures an appeal to the psopt bf america, urging them, by considerations as intelligibl om that a8 on this side of the Atlantic, to exert to the at most their influence and power in restraining their ral sre from pursuing W extremity the hazardous course in winch they have engaged the United Statos, and into Whib they Lave drivgpy unuch against thelr incluawon, the that my honor- influenced by the same which you caunot well pocket without: los amongst uations; Dut do pocket it, accept it, give you something that shall make up:for it, ew character. He 2 ned_into » special ienipotentiary, with powers to agree to your an tothe mode'of vetting our Algpates with regard to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Now, wi or wise as a question of natioual policy, that we accept such a proposition as this? We ‘are far too old @ country , apd hold a positicn among nr ticns: far too emi- nent, to make it necessary for us to engagein quarrel for the THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE -TWO. CENTS. of thts country. The peo, le of Maachester Kepeena ia tht the Bevagnt dangenowe Tee, of is the result rather of mistake of AY trust they may be right. If the present tan; which certainly in no small degree beara the .4ppcaraase of a knot to be cut onty with the sword, be indeed ae more than complication of accident, and fos. bearance witty unravel! it without any of the ties whicl cotineet us with the great soction of okt race rie occupies the most important part of the Waitern orld. Bat is this sv” Is the present position of the relativas between the two'conntrics no more than the result of @ felse step on the part of a poUitician auxious to obtain. new lease of power, am! deperstent for success, at ae in bis Own belief, upon the impuBes of a floating and ady venturous populativn, ever straindag: after fresh objest, and sev¥ing for new exoisements? Is'the RUE offered to this kingdom, in the person of Mr. Gramypson, only of the same character as a Mtistings speecls of an eiketion ory tae: England, and intendsd to have no- more sunsoqu . Or is it part of a rational policy iat Hrar Ween debe borately determined upon, and is to be resolutely’ sarrted Of whiclty of these” attornatives: is ther sourse taken with reyaed te our Minister at Wash- ington indiativer If we bad no ovher means of forming ‘a judgment than«sneh as those” afforded by the lart singular communication which: we yesterday announced that our» govcriment’ bad received from the United States, we sherd have uo hesitation tm aserfbing President Hierce's eomatuct to no Higher motive than thavet obtaining an instrunsent for ergiting‘at home @stroug popular emotion, out of which he wea'to glole the raw material for the manufacture oF politcal: i .aweryseprebensibie.and. up; one which we rhould hope no nation worthy of the oF of self governanent, would be #0 foolish, 50 ind, and 80 inconsidernte as to follow till it led them fee to face, without the power of retreat, with aetual war, Jt requires some consideration to» perceive tmty what is the real position, at this moment, of: the two goverm- Mente iv relation to each other, Geaeral Pierce, by the communications which he bas tacked to the expalsion @& Mr. Crampton, has c utrived ingeniously, probably with a particular design to envelope the subject in something of a mist. He suspends, our Minister at the the about his business, ‘as a person unfit to hold intercourse with, ing. Every nation knows what such a step, taken by ome ‘of two countries, between whom there axe matters in dis pute means, and what course it forces uporthe other coum try iureturn. The simple dismissal of the Minister of Eng- jand would force upon England a reciprocity of: treatment as regards the Minister of the United States in Loudon; and then would ensue, not necessarily, war, but asuspension of amicablc relations more likely to lead to that issue thar any other. But President Pierce does notdo this. Ide door not, sans phrases, send us back our Minister, bathe senda us back Mr. Crampton, accompanying tho intiesation of his having dove so with a deal of conciliatory. phrancolagy, amd the information that the Court of London—the very man. whom he knows the usa cismirs from kngland, as he has dismissed Minister from the United States—unusually ample powers and extraordinary discretion to settle with our govern. ment not only the matters in dispute with regard tothe dismissal of Mr. Crampton, but the other and more im portant questions at issue between the two coustries im Central America. abruptly, the functions seat of the-government of United States ; sends him, in plain, Engliak, ‘That is a simple and perfectly intelligible proceed- had given to his own Mmister af of all nations from time immemorial compel us te the Britiels ‘this proceeding comes to just this:—Presidens Pierow says, Don’t take it ill that Isend your Minister back te disgrace, and againet your will. Lam obliged to-do it for particular reasons. Iknow it is a gross insult, and ong caste Iwi and I will invest him with @ ay mn He shall be turned’ into a speciad Minister, iv does this amount taf It amounts to just this: If we will accept tho affront of fered us, and enable President Pierce to create a politioss ital for hia cwn aggrandizement, by inducing an tm rersion among his turbulent constituents that he hag succeeded in bullying the ‘‘tarnation Britishers,"” he will assent to propositions which claim and deservo assems upon their own merits, and independent of any other com siterasions whatever. ‘Then comes the question—and a very grave and im portant question it ia : Is it right as @ mattor of pi vindication of our dignity every time some vain or irritable neighbor may attack itin a moment of pet ulance; but the mutter assumes a dilferent aspect when there is reasom to believe that affront or vivlence is effored to us with ® view to making submission ou our part subserve the advancement of large designs injurious to our pe Iitica! position in the world, and imtended, as well ag calculated, to interfere with our commercial gress. We fear that, mixed up with and what is taken by many to be a mere election movemement, there is a deliberate and cherished policy, and that it is couceived thas cajoled or frightened into a quiet uccepianc ‘expuision of our Miuister, our sub: be ¢ of nO Jess to Hentralise our influence and de stroy the prestixe of our name in Central and perl is Noriborn Aincrica, than to advance the interests of Mr. Herce and his supporters in regari to the comiug eles: tions. The ambition of the Ame: au people is boundiess; and their desire ty give us the go-by, in both commercial greatness and politica! power, ameants toa madness. The repeal of our nal on laws, and the opening tothem. of the trade of the Eastern seas has given an immense impulse to this fecling. Ever since 1848 they have beam overhauling us fast in the carrying trade for the long yoyages—thapks F concessions and their rigidly Niaintained rertrictions—and they entertain the strongest conviction that if they could obtain possession of Central ‘America, and expecially of San Juan, which, situated af the mouth ot the river of the same name, commands the only Atlantic termination for an inter oceanic communica tion, they shonid be enabled to control and monopolies the entire commerce of the East. They are bent upem obtaining supremacy in the Pacitic, and they regard the annexation of the entire territory*of Central America aw the true an¢ only means of accomplishing their cherished design, ‘Those who regard the expedition of Walker as amere accidental overflowing of a loose and mobile population, are, we are convinced, quite mistaken. It im we believe, whatever appearance contingent clroum- stances may give it, a portion put in action of a deli! well considered, and long entertained policy. Our s; will not permit us now to give extracts from it, Dut we would recommend anybody who entertains doubte upon this point to read carefully the able work upon Central America which was published in 1863 by Mr. Squier, the gentleman who succeeded Mr. of whom we have heard so much bea Charge a’, fuirs to the republics in that part of Western world, The policy advocated by Mr. Squier has been cor acted upon ever since, and is pertinaciously attempted we be enforced now—a circumstance which is entitled te xreat weight, ard toa large place in the considerations which we may bring to bear upon the poiats at issue be tween the two government, and which must be care fully taken inte account in determining with what kind 1 reciprocity we sball mect the measure of Mr. Presideat Pierce, {From the London Times, June 14.) Tf there ever was an occasion on which the boldest unight wish to be silent, itis when on the eve of a coll sion between two worlds, and, what is worse, two peo ples of the same race and tongue, there arrives a mew snge of the gravest import, which must be replied to, ye whieh admits of no simple aad consistent construction. Lave no reason to believe that there exists any private ciue to the enigma with which Ameriean diplomaay \s trying the Ingenuity and the courage ot our statesmen, ‘the’ American government takes the very strong sckem pissing our Minister and three Consuls, ity the aise. ot this strong act it has sent what ts described as @ concitiatory document, expressing itself fully ted with ‘the course taken by the British gover vad hoping that the distwissal of the Minister Consuls will not be taken amiss. If the dgminsah was for one thing, and the accompanying ctyilitem jor another—-if there were oply « difference of tone be tween an act and a document that hapyened to be com temporancous, that at least would bo inteligiblo, Bat they are upon the same subject. The American government hag aiways maintained that cur government has beon impll- cated in the proceedings of its ministers and consuls. I it hes now given up that charge, this is the fest time, without the document before us, we ave at a tw imagine in what words tt bas done this Buk, whatever those words, by whatever contrivance of cou tery it acquits our government of the chasge, it is impos sible to disguise the fact that the dismissal of the Miniatgr and the consuls ig the actual reply to the explanations a our government, the actual result of the controversy, wud the thing which the American governmout all aleag threatentd and we deprecated. As for the effect op te world at large, not only upon the great theatre of nations, but, what is more important, the two peoples coneerned, an act must have infinitely more weighs any quantity of words. It is a very Old and fauailinr aay- ing that speech makes smail impression compared with a etartling spectacle. But in this case we are nos oven al- Jowed to shppose that the American government has oum conciliation very much at Heart as a final object. This @ far more natural construction of this dowble ag hk it wishes to persuade us into suffering an als. It wishes to dismiss our representatives, and so take a verdict in its favor, without any inconvenient} consequences, It would assume the power to boast that. it had done to us what we ventured not to do in retara. But that is not the whole of the complication. Together with an act of insult, and words deprec: of our re sentment, there arrives also a communi offering @ prorpect of settling our Contral American faye ‘aud aseentiag to our arbitration. Thus, Len 4 bo — is a sort sian held out thas if we w! ea defeat upon one question we way pos sibly obtain a settlement upon the other. Se - ‘hop one bas to encounter strange, unintelligible, axe compromising conduct, one has to c! commonly oe tween two ways of meeting it. The first recommen % it Seif on the score of discretion, and ovon charity. . Tt tw that we should attempt to make the best of it, to} ,ope for the best, to dofor the best; that we should yield and com- ply if we en can; that we shogid look or any loophole to escape from an impossible position, and strike a bargain in which we must not expect to have entirely Our own way, No doubt such a course is often le and wise, but i is never safe, unless it comes in the form of a a sive offer, or from some one qualified, to make an of. fer and concludg upon it; or on sore occasion in which all the questions, at issue may be reviewed and decided, In the pregent instance we soo nothing pe but a move, 8 move & jn game of chess, where is =P mmitted to nothing but the Overy subsequent slep io the game ne