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a onantubeins €. ‘The City of Washington at New York and Anglo-Saxon at Portland, with Five Days Later News, Lord John Russell’s Reply to Secretary Seward. MORE DESPATCHES TO LORD LYONS. The Confederate Agents De- scribed as Insurgents. British Opinion of Mr. Se- ward’s Diplomacy. Speech of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer on the American Crisis. His Opinion of Our Reception of the Prince of Wales. Tho Finances of the Union in a British Point of View. Blockade of the Nashville at Southampton. English Sailors and Artillerymen Called Out to Keep the Peace. POSITION OF THE SUMTER AT CADIZ, Key Kee &ee ‘The steamship Anglo-Saxon, from Liverpool on tho 16th, vie Londonderry on the 17th inst., arrived at Port- land at @ quarter to.cleven o'clock yesterday morn- fog. Hor dates are five days later than those already re- ceived. The screw steamor City of Washington, Captain Brooks, which sailed from Liverpool at eleven o’clock A. ‘M. on the 15th, and from Queenstown on the 16th inst., arrived here at four o'clock P.M. yesterda: The City of Washington brings 173 passengors, the United States mails and a full cargo of valuable mer- Chandise from Liverpool, Belfast, Autwerp and Havre. ‘We are indebted to the purser of the ship for facilities to our ship nows reporter. ‘ ‘The London Post of the 14th instant says several largo American vessels being overdue, the premiums at Lioyd’s have advanced from thirty to forty per cent. The ship Simoda, from New York on 15th November, sixty days out, was being insured at thirty-five to forty guineas premium. ‘The Crown Princess of Prussia was shortly expected On a lengthened visit to her mother, Queen Victoria. At an infiuential meeting, in the city of London, it had ‘been resolved to erect a monumental memorial to Prince Albert. ‘The steamship Edinburg arrived heace at Liverpool on the 15th inst. The steamship Teutonia, from New York, arrived at Southampton on the 12th inst. ‘Tho steamship America, from New York, arrived at Liverpool on the 14th inst. ‘The steamship Nova Scotian, from Portland, also ar- rived at Liverpool on tho 14th inst. THE MASGN-SLIDCL olse. Reply of the English Cabtnct to Secre- tary Seward’s Despatch. (From the Loadon Post, Jan. 15.) On Monday we gave a portion of the diplomatic cor respondence which has passed between the government of this country and that of the United States in reference to the affair of the Trent. Yesterday's London Gaze‘: contains the official despatches, from which we select the following, which have not previously been made public. second communication from Earl Russell to Lord Lyons ts as follows:— EARL BUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Forricn Orrice, Dec. 19, 1861. My Lorp:—Mr. Adams came to me today, at the Foreign Office, at three o'clock. He said he came to ask two questions which coucerved himself personally, I interrupted him to ask whether what he was going to gay was by order of his government or from his own ‘sense of what he ought to do. mn Mr. Adams answered that the proceeding was entirely his own, but that he had with him a despatch from Mr. Seward which he was authorized (o read to me if he should think fit todo so. I appeared, he said, from that dezpatch, that the government of Washington had not av thorized the capture of the (wo insurgents, Mason and Stidli, and that the United States government stood quite uncom mitted at the time of sending the despatch, I said that if the despatch did not enter into any con troversy with regard to the case of Messrs. Mason and Slidel!, I shouid be giad to hear it r Mr. Adams then proceeded to read the despatch. It commonced by referring with approbation to a speech made by Mr. Adams at the Mansion House, and proceeded to notice with gratification the sentiments which had ‘boon expressed by Lord Palmerston in a conversation de had held with Mr. Adams in roferonce to the James Ad. Mr. Seward then proceeds to deo’ government value highly the friendship of Great Britain, and lament that certain ca: of difference have arisen owing, as Mr. Seward imagines, to the want of attention on the part of the British goverumont to the performance of the duties incumbent on a friendly Power during the etruggie in which the United States are engaged. Mr. Seward gives as instances the case of communication to the Confederate suthorit es by Mr. Bunch; the admission of the privateer Sumitor to purchage coal and provisions at Trinidad, in distinction, as he said, to the conduct of every Ruropean State, and the arrival in the Southern States of vessels ieteu with arms and ammunition from Eaginud Mr. Seward then proceeds to the case of the Trent, from which ship the (wo inewryents had been taken, He affirms that no instrvctions were given to Captain Wilkes which authorized him te act im the manner le had done. N« hhad tho United States government committed iteeli wi ure- gard to any decision upon the charactor of that act. The government would wait for any roprosentation the British government might make befre coming to any positive Gecision. Ho desires that, f M> Adame should thick ft dosirable, this despatch: read to me and also to re that the American Lord Palmerston. In answer to Mr. Adams J touched open most of the points treated of in the despatch. Tid not think it we consary , however, to recur to the case of Mr, Bunch. With regard to tho Confederate privateor, I said that | could not see that our conduct had been “ifferent from that of France and Hojland or of Spain. The Sumtor bad een refused oval from tho government stores at Triat dad, but had boon allowed to get coal and provisions from Private merebants. The same thing bad taken place at Martinique and at Curacoa, did nov find that the rule of twenty-four hours had been observed jn practice, but there would be little diMiculty in goming to an agreement on this point. 1) regard to the export of arms and ammumition to the ©) fodvente Statow, Thad lately read the opinion of the a y General, and believed it was in entire cou- fem! y with the provisions of the Foreign Falistment eqipm. at of a vessel wan prohtiited; the load- rasel with arm: and ammunition was not prokilited. poiut of fact, a much greater amount of arms and sition had beeu sent to the federal States, where 28 MO Obstacle to the export or the import, than » tho ports Of the Confederation States which were hte Me. Adams admitted this to be the fact, and { reteatned from pressing a more rignrone : ign Enlistment act for this wl® pho substance of the two NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY $31, 1862. despatches I had written to Lord Lyons on tho sutject of the Trent. 1 told him that in a private letter 1 had directed Lord Lyons to talk the matter over with Mr. Seward two days Defore reading to bim the despatch. Mr. Adams asked whether the direction to Lord Lyons to leave Washington in seven days was in the despatch to be read. I said it was not, and that in case Mr. Seward should ask what would be the consequence of a refusal on his part to com- ply with our conditions, Lord Lyons was to decline to answer that question, in order not to have the appear- ance of a threat. I said that I thought the explanation that the government had not authorized the seizure would stand in the place of an apology. But the essential condition was, that Mr. Mason and Mr. Slidell should be given upto Lord Lyons. Mr. Adams said that if the matter was stated to Mr. Seward in the manner I had explained, he hoped for an amicable ter- mination of the dierence; he thought that if the government of the United States insisted on maintain. ing the act of Captain Wilkes, the United States would be abandoning their dootrine and adopting ours. Mr. Adams askod me further question, which he said I might decline to answer; it was whether, if Lord Lyons came away, a declaration of war would be the immediate consequence, I told him nothing was decided on that point; we should wait for the reply from America, and then decide upon our course. I stated to Mr. Adams the substance of M. Thouvenel’s despatch to M. Mercier as I had heard it from M. de Flahault. Mr. Adams said®tnat the French government had always been very consistent tn their maintenance of the rights of neutrals. He added that he could not pay our government the same compliment. I said I would dispense with compliments if this matter could be amicably arranged. We parted ou very friendly terms. I am, &e., LORD LYONS TO, BARL RUSSRLI. (RECEIVED JAN. 9.) Wasaraton, Dec. 27, 1861. My Lorr—I have the honor to enclose a copy of a noto which | bi this morning received from Mr. Seward, in answer to your tordship’s despatch of the 30th of Inst month, relative tothe removal of Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Macfarland and Mr. Eustis, from the British mail packet Trent. ‘Tho note contains a very long and very elaborate dis- sertation om the questions of international law involved in the case. 1 have not time, before the doparture of the messenger, to weigh the arguments or to estimate pre- cisely the force of the expressions used. But as Mr. Seward admits that reparation is duc to Great Britain, and consents to deliver tho four prisoners to mo, Icon- sider that the demands of her Majesty’s government are so far substantially complied with, that it is my duty, in obedience to your lordship’s commands, to report the facts to her Majosty’s government for their consideration, aud to remain at my post until I receive further ordors. IT have the honor to enclose a copy of the answer which I have made to Mr. Seward’s note. I have confined myself to stating that I will forward a copy of it to her Majesty's government, and*that I will confer with Mr. Seward per- sonaily on the arrangements to bo made for the delivery of the prisoners to me. I have, &c., LYONS, EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Forrics Orrice, Jan. 11, 1862. My Lorv—In my despatch to you of the 30th of No- vember, after informing you of the circumstances which had occurred in relation to the capture of the four per- sons taken from on board the Trent, I stated to you that it thus appeared that certain individuals had been forci bly taken from on board a British vessel—the ship of a neutral Power—while such vessel was pursuing a lawful and innocent voyage—an act of violence which was an affront to the British flag and s violation of international law. Lconeluded by directing you, in case the repara- tion which her Majesty’s goverament expected to receivo, should not be offered by Mr. Soward, to propose to that Minister to make such redross as alone would satisfy the Bricish nation—nameiy::first, tLe liberation of the four gentlemen taken from on board the Trent, and their de- livery to your lordship, inorder that they might again ve placed under British protection; and secondly, a suit- able apology for the aggression which had been com- mitted. I received yesterday your desyatch of the 27th ultimo, enclosing @ note to you trom Mr. Seward, which is tn sub- stance the answer to my despatch of tho 20th Novem- ber. Proceeding at once to the main points in discussion be- tween ws, her Majesty's government have carofully ex- amined how far Mr. Seward’s note, aud the conduct it announces, complies substantially with the two proposals Ihave recited. With regard to the first—viz: the liberation of the pri- soners with a view to their being again placed under British protection—I find that the note conciudes by stat- ing that the prisoners will bo cheerfully liberated, aud by calling upon your lordship to indicate a time and piace for receiving them. No condition of any hind is cow led with the liberation of the prisoners, ‘With regard to the suitable apology which the British government had a right to expect, I find that the govorn- ment of the United States distinctly and unequivocally declares that no dircetions had been giveu to Captain Wilkes, or to any other naval officer, to arrest the four porsons naméd, or any of them, on the Trons or on any other British vessel, or on any other neutral vessel, at the place whero it occurred or olsewhe Ifiad, further, that the Secretary of State expressly forbears to justify the particuiar of which her Ma- jesty’s government eomplained. If the United States government had alleged that although Captain Wil no previous irstraction for that purpese, he war right ue capturing the persons of the four prisoners, and in re- moving them from the Trent ou board bis own be afterwards carried intoa port of the United State the government which had thus sanctionod the proc: ing of Capt. Wilkes would have become responsible for the original violence and tsult of the act. But dir, Sew ard contents himself with stating that what bas happened has been simply an inadvertency , consisting in 4 departure by a naval officer, free from any wron, motive, from a rule uncertainly established, and proba. bly by the several parties concerned either tmperfectly understood or entirely uni The Secretary of ment bas aright to expect tho same.reparation which the United Siates, as am independent State, shenkd ex: ect from Great Britain, or from any other friendly nation in a siunitar case Her Mejesty's government having carefully taken into their consideration the lberation of the priscners, the dolivery of them into your bends, aad the explanatens to which It wat referred, have arrived at the conc! sion that they constitule the reporation which her Majety and the British nation hed a right to expect. It gives her Majesty's government great gatisCaction to led to ariTée at « conelwion facnable io the most fricndiy r betwoeen the tion I need not discuss the modifications in my statement of mets which Mr. Seward says he has derived from the reports of officers of his government. ot conclade, however, without adverting short!y cussions which Mr. Seward bas raised mpon polnts not prominently bronght into question in my de- spotch of the 20th of November. 1 there objected, on the part of her Majesty's governmont, to that which Captain Wilkes had done, Mr. Seward, in his answer, potats out what he conceives Captain Wilkes might have done wiih ont violating the !aw of nations. It is not ne y that I shonld here discuss in detail the five questions ably argued by the Secretary of State, but it is necessary that] rhould say that her Majety’s government differ [rom Mr. Seward in some of the e-nelusioms at which he hat arrived, Aud it may lead to a better un. derstonding between the two nations on several poinis of \uternational Jaw which may during the present contest ratsome future time be brought into question, that I ald state to yeu, for communication to the Secretary of State, wherein those differences consist. I hope to do so in afew days. In the meantime twill be desirable that the com- manders of tho United States creigers should be in- stractod not to repeat acts for which the British govern- | ment will have to ask for redress, and which the United States government cannot undertake to justify. You will read and give aeopy of this despatch to the Secretary of State. lam, &e,, RUSSELL, EARL BUSSKLL TO LORD LYONS. Fonwox Ovnce, Jan. 11, 1862. My Lonn—-Your conduct in the important matter of the Treut is entirely approved by hor Majesty. The dis- eretion and good temper you have shown have con- tributed greatly to the success of our operations, In order to give your lordship, by a public document, a proof that you have acted strictly according to the in- structions you have received, I enclowe an oxtract, ane nexed to this despatch, of a private latter TL addrcesed to you on tho Ist or Decomber last. Tam, &e., RUSSELL PXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM BARE RUSSELL TO LonDLYons, Dee. 1, 1801. ‘The despatchos which worg agrood to at the Cavinoy goes on to ailirm that for this error the British govern. | \ | have failed to give the same yesterday, and whivb I have signed this morning, impose upon you a disagreeable task. My wish would be that, ‘at your firat interview with Mr. Seward, you should not take my despatch with you, but should prepare him for it, and ask bim to settle with the President and the Ca- Dinet what course they would propose, The next time you should bring my despatch, and read it to him in full. If he asks what will be the consequence of his refus- ing compliance, I think you should say that you wish to leave him and the President quite free to take their own English Opinion of Mr. Seward’s Diplo- macy. THE ANOMALIES OF THE AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE. (From the London Post (government organ), Jan. 14.) e are several circumstances in the diplomatic cor- i gE [ F A 5 i 823 3 s ae Hey epeEE lies? ble F235 | ir legal or illegal, and the principles and prece- dents by which its legal or illegal character must be deter- mined were as well known to the government lawyers in America then as mE os possibly be afterwards. The ground which the British goyernment might choose to take on its becoming acquail with the outrage, could affect the policy and expediency of a surrender of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, or the reverse; but it could not alter tho character, in the eyes of international law, of tho act committed in the fy 1. A sagacious and high-minded statesman, who implied, in tho terms of his despatch, that he was “attentive to the currents that seemed to be bringing the two countries into collision,” would have first secured a firm footing on the common ground of international law and justico, and then employed the advantage of his po- sition to remove those immediate causes of offence and irritation to Great Britain which he so strong- ly deprecated. Mr. Seward did exactly the reverse. He intimated that @ certain prospective and possible policy on the part of England, or indeed of any Europ Por or of all the European Powers taken together, would lead to immediate war between the federal government and the Power or Powers which should thus effend it. Having grawuitously advanced an hypothesis, ia which the inter- Rational relations of the federal government would be simply those of Bully Dawson kicking’all the world, and all the world kicking Bully Daw:on,’* he expresses his ro- gret at the inattention of the British government to the cur- reuta that were bringing the two countries into collision, and then touches on the inference drawn from Lord Pul- merston's remarks that the British government was at length awake importance of averting a possible conilict. And thon he proceeded to speak of the Trent affair. Would not any sano man, who, a fow sontercos before, bad been speaking of the currents likely to bring the two countries into collision, yes who kucw that, from this Trent outrage acurrect, mighty aa the Gulf Stream itsolf, was then rolling from the American shores to Engiand the causes, if not arrested, of cortain hosti- lity between America and England, have said ono word, ono little word, to stem ite course? Did Mr. So- ward'do this? It would bave been a tho Vetter for him to have preserved abs: than to have made the statement that, whilst in the copturo of Mesara, Mason and Slidell, Captain Wilkes had acted without any instructions from’ the federal gov- ernment, no importance was ettached by the federal goy- erument to this iusignificantiact. This is what certain of our are pleased to term the disawwal, Seward, of the outrage committed by fs the deciaration which, in the naive language of the American diplomatict, “frees the subject from the em darrassment which might have resulted if the act had been speci: Civected by the federal geverument.”’ Jo any stateeman of ordinary intelligence the embarrassment would secm tabe increased u kindre'fold. ‘the federal gov- ernment iad thus done everything in’ its power to shut the door which, with the view of sparing it Lumiliation, Lord Ruggoli tn his subsequent despatch was degirous to Jeave open, The Alleged Conceulment of Mr. Seward's ‘Despatch to Mr. Adains. {From the Lonucn Post (government orsan), Jan. 12.] ¢ public have now beture them th> whvle' correspon- dence connected with the outrage ou the Treat. Tho first document is: extract” from ‘cuntidential note” ad- dressed to Mir, Adams by Mr. Seward. With regard to this, we are asked by the Daily News and Morning Star how. it was that we denied tie communication to the British government of an American despatch disayowing the act of Captain Wilkes? Ty thax we rey ly that the paper in question was not an afficial despot h; that it was not ean amurvicated to the British governincni as such, and that it had no reat bearing upon the act of Caplain Wiikes. This -‘con- fidential note” was only to be read to certain statesmen, and we ask avy candid person who pow reads it if it could make any impression on their winds, save that it was written to put (hom off their guard. Now, how did the American government conduct it- selfy Where was the beet disposition and the (riendly temper in Mr. Seward’s course? No apology—no expla pation was offered. Ou the contrary, there is every reason to believe that, even up to the 26th December, Lord Lyons and other foreign Ministers in Washington ex- pected that his departure on the 20th was most provable. On that day, however, the American government ‘caved in,”’ as they wouid themselves say ; {ut in what manner and temper the Engiieh public will gathor from Mr. Yow ard’s despatch with perfect astouishment, ‘The world’s verdict has been given in our favor. Th: law affcers of Fngiond, of Bronce, of Avslia, and of Prussia, have ait decided the ence in our sence, ‘To quoie only on aatho- rity—M. ‘Thouvenel says “it will not be pre tended that thoy (MM. Slidell and Masyn) cou! be idered is * cottrab of y” OF, if Whey wero to be regarded as © rebe's,”” the ques tion ‘could not be solved in favor of the commander of 0." Nothing can be more distinct than nor than the host of other opnionsgiven. If the American law oifeors bad becn consul ply. aid he fo: comnes to very different concivston the recoguiticn of demand, as we did in pe vine the captain of the Tren ng ix his ship, md that the i: ent was a lawi Nothing hus over so thoroughly ovenet Furope to the rext charactor of the American gv as this disg-acefal ease of the Trout, it ie u clear that the law of the stronger is the ouiy law that | ! really rules on the other side of uba er instances hat s held sacred as aguinst ng, ant new the morner in which ¢ ington hus conchucted they im regerd to thatthe honor of no flag's safe tretion of the arme and rator (f its o ever, quite easy upon this point how! p this @ Atinutic. ils pa 1, aoy Mi. lave written such a despatch as th not for one moment have claimed U countrymen The Finances of the Unton. ENGLASH «OFINION OF MR. CHASE'S IRKASURY PLANS (From the Tondon Port (, » Jan. 15.) The money tary intetlig : OF Who inust important kind, The leading banks ¢ the try have, we are told, suspended specie payments; rest will syoctiiy follow their aton Teoasury 1 furthor Le The United specie pyaytnents mterest on the pub: 3 will bo paid in spec no longer redeomed, and thie wo lave long since anticipated. Mr. Chase, it will be recotiectad, in bis recat report, calculated that the coin in the federal States amounted to about sixty millions sterling, and fatiered bimeelt that this sam might be made ‘available without the payment of interest. One mode of effecting this would have been tho creation, by government, of Apaper currency. Ty this plan there were, howover, serious Objections. The banks at present supply the ¢ currency of the State, and the yevernment could only jaaue notes at the ex} of the banks whone profita would be correspondingly dimminished, It is w the banks, however, that Mr. Chase has looked to afio juamnense loans on which the war with the South 0 be carried on, the general public having evinced no eager. neas to become national creditors, and foreign capita'ists having positively rofvsed to advance the cesired suns, ‘the inipolley of ruining tho banks courequently prevint. ed the establishment of & national papor currency. Another means, however, remained open to Mr. Chace, of making avaliable the ‘lating capital in the federal States, This consisted in allowing the private tague of notes to continue, but, at the same time, to compel the banks to support the notes ivsued by @ proportionnte amount of government stock. The apparent boon thus tod to tho banks would enabie thei to increase the of their notes, and would at the gaime tims create on unreal demand for government st Vout, avene game timo, its tendency would equally be to sweep out of ciroulation the current coin. ‘This bes now actuny h 1, Pay menta in specie have ceased at the principal Troasury of the State, J» otherwords, the id vecomrse to tha long emploded - 7 siyorimate. The current coin ts to dil invents and purp -e> swailowed up, aud the country must henceforth pay \# way with—papor. Teis Not the Orst tin in tho history of tho world hata puary, currency. History tells oxperi- coped pe pry ne the bank counter or ihe ‘support of the banks is taken ry ‘notes instead of cash the establish- ed a national currency. Now, however, ell nocessity for tho aud s to advance the required loans. be per fectly powerlass to do so. ‘The army will bo required to be clothed aud fed, but for their clothes and fvod the: will be only able to offer orders on the Treasury, whic! cannot be paid in specie, ‘Then will commence deprecia- tion, with all its attendant evils. “ But,where it will stop it is truly impossible toa a ie ont oe prac ot an agreeable prospect, ‘one presented existing stale American finance. ‘a strange tale does not the of the United States for tho past twelve months: What a striking mora! does it not point, Never before was the world dazzled by a career of a rides touareg The Chancellor of the Exchequer on the War. MR. GLADSTONE ON SECESSION AND THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. (From the London Post, jan. 14.} Mr. Gladstone laid the foundation stono of a new chi for the Congregation of St. James's Lelth, on 3 oeromony over. he met a ‘crowded audience in the Assembly where hg was Presented with @ municipal address. Mr. Gladstone. ‘who was received with loud and prolonged cheering, and wi of hats and handkerchiefs by the large oidumce, to address the mooting. a In the course of his spooch he sald:—Permit me to say that, with one oxception, to which I may advert, it ix also the happy lot of Great Britain to stand—so far as 1 am at least able or may presume to judge—in the the hap- piest position, in the best relations of amity and gond with the other great countries of the world, ss, Of course when I speak of one special ,case— which { do not speak of asan exception, because I am justified in saying that wo still have relations of good will, and I trust we may have relations of strengthening good will with our neighbors across tho Atlantic— (choors)—yet of course I refer to the recent anxieties with regard to the relations of this country with America. { heartily wish i. were in our power to exhibit to the community vf the United States the preciso and exact state of feoling that has subsisted in this country eves sinco the beginning of f that tremendous convulsion sehich ow agate com Hinent ai reatens ils peace and prosperity. (.\pplause. ) do not believe that at the tine Phen thse rampiaon commenced, there was one man in every tho sand im this country who had any senticaut whatever towards the United States of America caccpt the sentiment of affectionate and syrapathizing good wiil—(applause)—or who felt auything but a desire that they might go on and prosper, and finish the work, whatovor it may have boon, that Providence had appointed thoi to do. (Applause.} Sir, I have not the least scruple in saying for myself, that my opinion is not ouly that England had nothing lo Sear frim the growth of the United States of £merica, but ‘that, as far as we had a selfish interest at all im ive matter, our interest was that the Ameri.an Unin should continue undisturbed. (Applaveo.) Our forefathers had known the pangs of national dismemberment, This gallant country, after along struggie, had subtnittod to what they then regarded asa groat calamity, but what we have since discovere' to be, under the circumstances of the case, no calamity at all, but rather the acccm- plishment of a normal of uature her- sclf, (Applauge.) Yet, h universal good will was the sentiment which prevailed towards America in this country, we could not help forming an opinion upon that terrible and frightful convulsion when it occurrod; and there is no doubt of the fact—! am not pretending to reveal secrets or to be an interproter of public opinion more than any other man—but there is no doubt I think of the fact the thinking men of this country did come to the conelusion cia war shih commane was a ly had committed itself w ‘on enterprieeetch situld ercbelty prove to be entirely beyond their ‘sam there a military undertakii and a military underlaking i would only be the preface and the introduction fo poliki dificuities far greater even than the mililary dificultias of the war vself. (App'ause.) Now, lam afraid that when this opinion came to be preva'ent in England—the opinion that this war was @ war to b2 lamented and to be deprecated, and likely to resuit in great misery, great eitvsion of human blood, enormous waste of treasure, permanent estrangement and bitternees of feeling—i amafraid tho formation 0° that opinion, though it was conscicntiously formed, deep offence io the Or to many persons at least, in the United States. Well, thore is no doubt we know that in private life the samo thing coustautly happens. jit constantly happons that when » man is cngaged with nis wholo beart and soul u; somo enterprise that he thinks vital to his wei being, and when some other person is kuown to have said that he thinks that enterprize had much better vot be undertaken, great offence, great irritability, great sus- coptibility 1s the result, and’ a state of things arises, in spite of the juclinations of men themscives, in which there is a predisposition to quarrel and to contention. I ‘ovo that isa trae aod fair description, on tho whole, of the state of thiags between Fngiand ant America at the’ ti ‘hen that which 1s now 80 well known as the case of the Trent affair occurred, and producod so pro- found @ sensation in this country. When that case ul, occurred 1 need not say it was the duty oi the government to use thoir very best exertions, above all and — before all, to ex. amine fhe facts and the law of the case, because if we ad becn mistakea in our viow ot the facts and the law, i hoid that whatever our inciinations might be to maia- tain the honor of our country, our first duty is not to stort facts, but to pay strict obedience to laws, aud pecially to those laws prevailing betwoeu nation and naifn, the creation ef which is one of the grandest re- sults of modern civilization, and tho’ maintenance of which is a vital necessity for every people in the world. (cheers.) Bat having ‘used the best exertions in our ower to inform vas, we made the demand, we made the appli ho Amorican governwont, which is known to the country. You all kuow alao the success of Ukat application, (Choers.) Now, what I carnestly Lope is, that wo shail take in good part tho conces- sion that the Americaas have mado. (Appiauae.) Don’t let us to (empled to criticise in an unfriendly emir! any portion of their proceed Fo:haps if there is any one individual that might be tempted to criti cise their proceeding it is (ke Chancellor 0: the Exebe- quer. (laughter ant chee.3.) Thear seme people say, * Wiy did they not give up Messrs. Mason and Shidell at ones, without waiting for the demand’ W. mand it would have saved ail the vai great deal of (rouble, om it would present at the clove of the financial year nively oacifaciory—<appinise)— ot deapond with respect to it, ory thaa possibly may now + Bat { hope that, question Wt be putT test no such qrostion will be put—t treat nothing will be said and nothing will be thought ia this country abou us jue vereios W he Americans. (Hour, Lot tis endeavor to look at their conduct in a goueror We havo formed an oplaisa with resp ucecssarily, 1am afraid we have formet but Tamm afraid that of necessity it (bility in America. Do not let us add ability by indulging in anything that we oid, abd which tary become a further (Applause.)- Let us iaok, ladies and ¢ which the Am-riccns An Las go ‘ales uppeaved. and whim men be the these ed then scone t-vopedt eas euiheusi f the heartas ns of the sea vest counittes Queen. (Choei tie Of necessity veheme 5 ¢ excitement, ) Lat us look to the tn to the quick ic tO great they aud Cf Opinion, c intensely cager mpon U cf the war which they are engaged raieed to a of exultation by hearing that one of t of war had t9i1 told upon (he commissioners of the Southorn States, whom they regarded simply as rebels. Let us look w the the micstof that cxuitation, and in a country ramen 1 of demo- even ther pth ag thoy thy iiiome were taling ple connery of 5 exultation at this cap: win there, this popular and ubis d has, under the demand of @ forcign Power, on these words—for they are the closing words ia epatch of Mr, Seward— “the four wrill be choorfully liberated.” (Loud chee take those words, Tsay, without rolvute ericieism upon any hing that inay have passed at former thucs, aad ay have been open to ® difference of view. Let us ac- copt them with thankfulness to the Alnughty for havi i remoy dan apparent cause of doadly collision, in whic the hearts of the people of this country were united as ihe heert of ope man to defend, ia ail ciroumstances and io all extremities, the honor of tho British flag {cheerr), and 10 discharge tho duty of protec- tion to those who bad placed themselves woter its ehelter, (Choers.) Let us form for the future yood augarics frem that which now stand among the records of the past. Lot us hope that whatever romaias, or whatever may yot ariae, to be avijusted in those relations between the two countries which, affording a thousand points of contact overy cay, must necessarily likewise afford opportunities of coliision—let us hope that what- ‘ovor muy ari30, or may remain to be adjusted, a spirit uf brother y comcord may prevail, and that, together with the disposition to assert our rights, we may be prompted tw chorish the disposition to inte handsomely and liberally the acts and the tutentions be Lne ciel, tid and to avoid, if we can, wating tho frightful evils of the civil war in America by the perbaps even greater evile—nt any rate the enormous evils of what, though not ivil war, yet would be next to® civil war,in a con- flict betweon Amorica aud Engiand. (Choors.) Mr. Pro- vost, Teould not, appearing before you on this occasion, dud gpeuking of the happy state of this country within, und Hicowise of the Lappy condition of its relations wish foroign Powors—I gould not avoid reforring to this ques- tion of such vital interest. fh there, wh The Reception of the Mebet Agents. A general expectation had been « a Kbglond that Mason and Slidell wonld arsive ai Liverpool tn the steamer America,and thore was soni Cistppolntment That such was not the case, Ponding their araival the Priitionl Xuteonteute of | gentlemen continued to bp treety canyansed, with Generally, to provent anything like a demonstration in their favor. - Placards were posted all over Liverpool catling on the People to take no notice of these representatives of the Southern slaveholders. One placard says if notice ia to be taken of them, let {t be such as to mark British seutiment in re- gard to the Fugitive Slave law. ‘The London Herald comes to the rescue of Slidell and Mason, and denounces the journals which have calum- niated them. It says they are gentlemen of the highest Position and the most unblemished character, and as to their being slave owners, why Washington himself was oe, and some of England’s best friends are slaveholders. Tt claims that Mason and Slidell aro entitled to be receiv- ed in England with courtesy and honor, as mon of the highest distinction themselves, and as the representa- tives of a gallant, chivalrous and friendly nation. England on Neutral Rights. Buruaw, Jan. 17, 1862. Tt is reported that England has no objection to examine the question of guarantee for the rights of noutrals by diplomatic correspondence, but would be opposed toa congress on the question. The “stone” Blockade "7 (From the Paris Munttosre: Peery ' “ec A fooling of nd regret and indignation hes been aroused as woll as in France indictive act of destroying the port of Charleston, Fae The Blockade of the Nashville. WHAT THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT THINES OF IT— BOTH BELLIGERENTS TO BE TREATED ALIKE. the London Post (government organ), Jan. 13. 'e have escaped from the position of belligerents te: wards America to become the neutral spectators of Amo- rican hostilities carried on at our very doors. a considerable period our attention has been excited alter- nately by the arrival of federal and Confederate war steamers. These hostile vossols invariably seek a sort of maritimo Alsatia in Southampton water. There they in turn refit, and their crews take their repose in short in- tervals between the excitemont of semi-piratical enter- prises, still unhappily not indefensible by the law of na- ligns. Thoy servo to remind us sumowhat of the Danis ‘sea kings of ancient days, with the importaut distinction indeed, 80 far as we are concerned, that our coasts acc, not their prize, but their common refuge. * * * The Nashville imprudent!y remains here too long; the intelligence that she ia refitting from stem to stern flies to America, and, quick as lightning, out comes the Tus- carora to make up for the shortcomings of the less vigi- lant James Adger. The Tuscarora catches the Nashville napping. | If the Southern Captain had exercised ordinary foresight he woull have been under weigh within the time at which it would have been possible for the fede- rfl government to have sont here another ship after the news of his arrival at Southampton had reached Wasb- ivgton. Tho Nashville carries, we believe, but two ind the Tuscarora nine. The Yankee Capiain ac- ty anchors in Southampton water, just two miles below the graving dock, in which he finds his enemy; and, boing obliged to respect our hospitable neutrality, is content to blockade her. His end would be, at alleveuts, in part attained, if he could provent her from doing more mischief. Thus the Nashville remains in dock, aud the Tuscarora keeps a vigilant watch upon her from her moorings in the river. For the Nashville to ‘meet the Tuscarora alone in an open sea would be to encoun- ter the cerininty of goingta the botlom, In this atate of things the Nashville had three courses beforeher. She might endeavor to escapo the Tuscarora in the dead of night, or she might wait until the expected Sumter hove insight, and then boldly sieum out, in de- fiance of the Tuscarora; or, thirdly, she must lay her account with being blockaded during tho remaindor of the winter. The Tuscarora guessed, and not erroueousiy as it seoms, that the former was the course on which the Nashville had rosolved. During the last few nights two officers and throe mea belongig to the former vessel have been found by tho superintendent of the dock in close proximity to the Nashville with a dark lantern and combustibles. ‘Tho superintendent appears, on the first occasion, and not without some show of reason, to havo teken them at the outset for political incendiaries, and to have moditatod ivi them into custody for intended arson. But, al- though their ready ex was doubtless the true one—that they were there simply to ascortain whether the Nashville wore proparing to leave tbe dock, and that their explosives were to bo used merely as signals to the Tuscarora—the superintendent did but his duty in ejecting them ,on the ground that the dock was private property, and that thoy were infringing rogulationa in Iw there, amid so many circumstances of suspi- cion, after nightfall. The authority of the American Consul at Southampton was invoked, and that gontleman appoars (o have indiscreetly lent his name to a transaction obviously quite indefensible. There ia no doubt that this / conduct on the part of the Tuscarora was of the nature of a belligerent iucilent; and we submit that her ofiicers have no right to actthe part of spics in our docks towards an enemy with whom we preserve same neutrality that we exhibit (owardsthe Siars and Stripe. Un Friday moruing, how- ever, both tho Nashville sad the Tuscarora had their steam up, and it was expected that the formor would steam out to sea with the latier in chase. The fires of either, however, diod out, and with them tho excitement of Southampton. Not many days ago the Sumter put into Cadiz with the crows of three iedera! mercanti'e vessels which sbe had sunk, It is stated, pe: haps without sulliciont authority, that sbo has now again left Cadiz,and may daily be ex: peeted at Southampton. She is said to carry tweive gun onda complement of one bundred and forty men. Lossibty on her first appearauce in the offing the Nash- vile will steam out of dock ; and tho Tuscarora, should she pursue, will then be caught between two fires. On tho wuole, the position of the latter is perhaps not at all bettor than that of the Nashville; for if, on the othor ind, the Sumter should be moored in the river, the Tus- carora wil! be blockaded in turn; unless, indeud, se is oqual to both antagonists together in open sea. The difficulty ia which each vessel is placed is that neither, us a fogitive, can rely on so outstripping its opponent as to get beyond tho reach of its cannon shot within the marine league from the ahore which is the boundary to our dominion, aud consequently to their inaction.” If, however, th mater also ig really bound for Southamp- and voth the Southern vessels, followed close- ly by their antagonist, will steam out to sea under mu- tual protection, there is every probability that some of us will witness’ naval action Off the coast of the Isle of and from the clifls of Brading. It is not to be d that both the Nashville and the Tuscarora wish ain in port throughout the winter if they can be acknowledged in America that ing fair play to either site. We do not allow a gyrtin of partiality to fall into either scale in meting out equal justice to both parties. We have refused, on the one band; to allow the Nashville to increase hor auilitary cquipineats in these ports, and wo have interfered, on the other, to veevent the crew of the Tuscarore from acting ag midnight spies upon the Southern yessel in our docks. Wo do not seom liabie thereforo, at ali eventa, to the im: putation of being partisans. Indeed, we need’ not say we ould infinitely prefer that our’ ports and harbors should be kept clear of by either belligerent. Of course we please neithor party, and probably we encoun- ter a pretiy good round of alter-dianer disparagement iu tho messrooms of both vessels. The Southern priva tecrs are doing at this momont the more deadly execution, that, as they are unable, under the European law of pri- Va'ovriug, to procure the condernaticn of thoir prizes in any Court of Admiralty on this side of the Atlantic, they ure reduced tv the barbcrous necessity of burning them at sea. y however, which has resorted to the extreme mea- atroying the harbor of Charteaten will not in future have ‘much ground for declaiming against the rigor of the maritime policy of tte opponnis. But for ourselves, we jear wo must ondure the nuisance cf this smothered war 1 Our ports as long as the two belligercnts choose to inypie? wy on we the visitation of their presence. Movements of the Rebel and Union Steamers, (Southampton (Jan 12) correspondence of London Post.) Ie is gouerally expected that ihe (oderal war sloop Tas- visit ere will mow be very limited. ‘The object ag here, for the purpose of capturing the Con- te stoamer Nashville, aud the probability of an engagement in our walers, has been * entirely prevented the @ which the government 3 acopted, Captain Craven, the commander of the ‘a, has been oilteialy informed that he will not wod to make any hostile movement, that the wity of the port will be strictly enforced, aud that hoald the Nashville take doparture first, the Tasearora will not be permitted to leave her moorings until twenty-four hours a:verwards, Craven uss, it is said, intimated to Captain Patey, Ui Admiralty agent here, his inteations to abide by these orders of the government; and the same instr ave eeu communicated to Captain Pegram wit the Nashville, who has likewise assented to th ent any attempt on the part of the Tuscarora to the demands made by the government, the Daunt- lose, which lics oll Netiey Abbey ,about (hree miles lower down the river, has been fully manned and equipped. Sho has orders to keep ateam np, and is brought to by a spring,cable, reacy to preveutany act of aggression on the f the federal vessel. It is also arranged that, alu oessity require it, the Dauntiees can eignal the Warrior, which vessel is lying off Osborne with hor fires bankod up. A gunboat has aio been ordered here from Portsinouth. It is not supposed mow that there will be any more visits to the ducks by the crew of the Tusca- rora, or of @ continuance of the excitement which has prevailed hore during the last few deys, It is said that the Tuscarora is very badly built, that hor guns are too large wid heavy for a vessel of her size ‘and class, there not being rooi to work thom properly. She is very leaky, and the men aro obliged to be kept ab the pumps; aud it is the opinien of those who Lave visited her competent to form an opinion that ehe will not be able to stand the shock from such heavy inetal as she ries. 06 [From tho Liverpool Post, Jan. 1%.) ‘Tho Nashville is now nearly ready for sea, and there is some difficulty tn filling up Kor crow. Her dinjosty’s steamship Dauntiess kr her steam up. The command. er lias returned the official visit of the captain of the federal frigate, The short eruise of the sattor is sapposed to have — aftor a visit from the secreiary of the American Linbassy ia London. wust at any rai sure ~ The Tuscarora Takes a Trip. {Southampton (Jian. 13) correspondence of London Times. Public curiosity received @ fresh impetus this nora ing, when it beeatne known that at daybrenk (ie federal stosp Toso hod left her taporings at the mouth of the Itchen, lust Wednosday,, and wos rugt to be seen, transpired that, for sora» reoson uw vooped down the river, ant | Y tof the Cty’ yr ‘ It subsequently Aiscloged, she had tigh about a ace of the o she has sAeang sidce bor arrival kero | . Her commander, Capti ilcox, went ees she Zuscarcee yesterday to return Cajtuin Craven's Liverroos., Jan. 17, 1862. The Tuscarora, after a day's absenco from Southamp- ton, during which she steamed through the Needles, has again returned to Southampton. Notwithstanding the rumored sale of the Nashville, she continued to fly the Confederate flag. No sale has bees registered at the Admiralty, British Seamen Guardi g¢ Southampton Docks—The Artiller: Reinte ae y in Hurst Castle (Southampton (Jan. 14), Correspondence of Londoo Her Majesty's despatch boat Argus, Captain Wincroft, eame up from Portsmouth y¢ e and an: Shored off tho eatrance to the docks, whore abe still Les, A guard was sent ashore from her, with orders to keep watch at the dock gates till » when were relieved by men from the Dauntless frigate. ye have been on duty during the day at the entrance gutes and in different parts of the docks. It is statod that two hundred and fifty marine artil- Jerymen are on duty at Hurst Gastle. Ev has been taken to prevent any infraction thotaw by either of the bolligerents. Thi unter at Cadiz. THE AMERICAN CONSUL AND SPANISH ACTION OF A Madrid tol Jo deapatch of the 12th instant saya lographic that the fermen mo had protested inet the ad- st the Sumter into the Arsenal at to repair 168. Another bag iin despatch of the 13th instant me that the Sparish government had given orders that Sumtor should be watched in order to preveat her taking in arms and ammunition. irom tho Moniteur de la Flotte of Pacis, Jan. 12.) We remark that since the Sumter has Leon spoken of in Europo the majority of newspapers, and even those most favorabie to tho Confaderaie States, designate this ship under the name of privateer. That, in our opinion, is not correct, and may give riso to false interpretations as to tho conduct to bo held with respect to that ship. From the momont that the Southerm States are admitted as beliigerents, it is evident that their right to create a navy cannot be contested, and consequently their right to arm trading vessels. This 1s precisely the case of tho Sumter. She ig not, in fact, a trading vessel belonging to private dividuals which has received letters of privateer. She isa ship belonging to the Confedert government, and is commanded by an officer peldings regular commission from Prosident Jefferson Davis. Sumer ly forms part of the naval forces of the Southern and in that eapacity sho ought, in our opinion, to enjoy the same rights and pri as a of-war in the ports of at least such nations as have ac- knowledged the Confederate States as belligorents. may state, moreover, that the newspapers Low appreoi- ate the matter inore justly. The En; now de- clare that the Sumter is not a priv , but @ ship-of- war of the Confederate States regularly commissioned. (From Mitchell's (London) Steam Shipping Journal, ‘The admission of the-Sumter into Cadiz is, 90 far as is goos, a dit i ‘may be more than this. sidorable doubt whether the Sumter should be regarded as a priyatoor. Her commander holdsa commission from stated that this ship the fedrate government, and it is has been regnlarly commissioned as a confederate war ship. If this be 90, and that the Spanish authorities are aware of the fact, the Sumter has boon admitted. into hospitalities of that port. The*federal ‘gcrernment must havo found by this time that y cannot force upon the maritime States of Europe their view of tho secession movement, and that governmenis on this side arg See wht do not sean to surrender. ‘The hospitality oxtonded to the Southe:a Commissioners while at Havana, the interest displaye’ by the p: and the authorities of Port Royal, ja Martinique, im recent escape gs tho Sumter from under the of the Troguoig, and the subsequent admission of Sumter into (iz, show very cl that England is not the only country in which the rates have @ recog- nized belligerent status, or where there isa determina- tion not topermit any interference with the admitted rights of neutrals. If tho f government is wise, they will profit by the lesson which the evont have referred to teaches. The Cabinet of Ws jealous of the maritime rights of whi rdians, those affair. i ‘Tt was represented that the Emperor was making com siderable reductions in bis various ostablishinents, ‘The Paris Bourse was steady, and tho Rentes wore qnoted at 69f. 200. Lotters from Paris revive the report that a loan is cer- tain, and it was represented that government was raising the price of rentes in order to prepare the markot for its issue. ‘The Moniteur denies the report of an imminent rupture of diplomatic relations between Prussiaand Denmark. Italy. ‘The Pope, in announcing to the cardinals that Russia had consented to the re-establishmentof the Papal Nancio at St. Petersburg, said he hoped this fresh concession on the part of the Emperor would be the signal for others im favor of the unfortunate Polish nation. The Popo further announced that ho had requested of tho Czar the libera- tion of the priests confined in the citadel of Warsaw and the release of those sent to Siberia. In the Italian Parliament the recent disturbances at Cas- tellamere have been debated, and censure was cast on the government because somo of the rioters were shot without trial. Parliament, however, deferred to express its opinion till the official report on the subject was sub- mitted, ‘The Turin papers publish 4 speech of the Prince Royal on the occasion of the inauguration of a local society, in the coarse of which he said :—‘‘Italy needs to be sure that on the day of the struggle she will find a soldiex in evory citizen.” Mons. Chigi, Papal Nuncio to France, had left Rome for Paris. The amount realized by the subscriptions of Potor’s pence ig 3,909,747 Roman crowns, beeides objects of groat value. Prussia. The Prussian Chambers were opened on tho 14th inst. by the King in person. The speoch deplores the death of Prince Albert; says the badget will show an increase of revenue, which will serve to diminish the additional crodit required for military reform ; rejoices at the happy issue of the Anglo-American difficulty; say# his inter- viow with the Emperor Napoleon had laced the friendly relations between the two countries upon @ more intimate footing; that he had entero! i». confldential.negotiation (conjointly with Austria) visu the Danish government in reference to the duehics, and explained the govern- mont programme ia a military, uaval and commercial sonse. Austria. Count Rechberg unexpectedly arrived. tw Vienna from Venice om the 14th wstant, and had a, conference with, the Archduke Rayner—after which » Miulsterial Counell, wan hobl. ‘Tho representatives of the groat Powors subsequently held conferencos with the Minister of the Interior. Switzerland, Both bouses ef the Federal Assembly wore. oponed om the 13th, ‘The speeches of the. two Presidents ehiciy rolated to the politica! sitnation of Switzerland. Tha.Pres silent of the Connell of the States regretted the recent conflicts with France, but Napod thas the rights of Swit- norland would be preserved, espectally in the question of the Valley of the Dapper. —_— Poland. An official proclamation had been issued at Warsaw, sioting Ghat M. BirAobrieski, for having ihegally conyen- od the Chapter of Yue Dicceve, and for baving arbitrarily ordored the cloifng of the churches, bas been condemned w death by «ourt martial; but that the Emperor, taking into conside ation M. Mialobrzeki's blameless conduct in the Polish, insurrection of 1851, and tho request for mors cy whic bas been presented to him, has commated the foute'yre of death to one year’s imprisoninent im the | for‘eess, the prisoner retaining his ccclosiastical dig nities. al decree euppreeres tie Department of the of the Empire for Polish Affairs, the appointment “3