The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1862, Page 4

Phe ranch Pres: on the Mediation Project—Opimion Rela- tive to the Proposition of Napoleon, do. de. Wh its aqvuustomed alacrity, the Parisian press ie just beginning to discuss the “mediation” project which I Peove of yosierday—the Patrie, which, in apite of its roposted misstatements and blunders, still lays claim to fuspiration, aud speaks oracularly —containg an article om the maticr. Tho Consicutionnel, which we might nave bad reason to Deliove would have boen one of the frst to publish the fact had it been one, contents Heelf with saying that ‘it would be for the two worlas a great and happy event. We have called fur it with all our power, and we will applaud it with all our heart.” The Journal des Debais, the Tempe and the Opinion Nabonale doub: the truth of the report, and the Montteir maintains, as yob, adignified silenco relative to it. The Presse makes use of the following re. marks:—*The news, according to which the French government has propose@? to England and Russia to join it tp a demand for a eix months’ sus- pension of arms in the United States, is now as certain as ean be without an official endorsement. , It 18 a grave fact. At first view nothing seems more conformable to tho generous taaditions of @ country like ours than to 00 its authority interposed to put a atop to a bloody and disastrous war. It is proper, however, to remark that the ond which is proposed i# not the one which we ex pected. Whatever may have been done or said, the dase of things has not been changed, or the fact altered ‘thas the struggle upon the American batcle fields is not a struggle for slavery. We have said this from the be. geoning, even when the Union army were sending back Tugitive siaves, that soover or later the force of events muat lead to a complete enfranchisement. The recent proclamation of President Lincoln was the first grand stop tn this direction. The first would be to reassure the proprietors of to permit them to exercise reprisals upon their revolted and fugitive negroes. It is true that we would have cotton, but at what price? On the eve of Doing settled, the servile question would be indefinitely adjourned; all the blood spilt by the American armies would have been shed for nothi@&,as it would not have washed out the black spot of slavery which defaces the flag of the Union. Peace, should it be made, would be made upon the negroes’ batks; and this in the present case ia no metaphor. It is said that if hostilities cease in the United States our manufactures now suffering would flourish, and our laborers recelve better pay. Peace, then, is in the genera! interest. To talk thus is to show @ lack of knowledge of the French people. We are of a eountry in which the voice of national honor has aiways spoken louder than that of interest, even though that intgrest were general.” slaves, The I lace Belge, which admits the inittative taxon by the Emperor, states that the Engliai Cabi foot will dectine the propesition of France, believing twat it would irritate rather than calm the passions, and also because, in endeavoring to impose a peace upon the North, % would make of us an irreconcilable enemy. Such are the opinions of the leading Paris journals. ‘Among those with whom I have conversed upon the sudject—some of them gentlemen with excellent opportu- nites for judging of the facts—there is greut difference of inion Pat the last interview between the Emperor and Mr. Stidoll, 18 is said that Mr. Slidell assured his Majesty that the people of the North were anxious for foreign inter- vention, and cited, as an evidence of it, the success of the democratic party, which the “ambassador” represented t the Emperor as an anti-war party. + Our London Correspondence. Lonpon, Nov. 1, 1862. Lowis Napoleon Ancious to Recognise the South—John Bul, Won't Join the Parinership—Rev. Newnan Hal! in the Pulpit Favoring the Cnion Cause—The Wrath He Ex citaa— Meeting in London im Favor of the Government and the Emancipation of the Slaves—New Paper Favoring the Umomuts, tc. I hear from several sources, private as well az public, that Lovis Napoleon is anxious to recognize the Southern contederscy ; but he won't do it unless England joing in it, and England wan’\. So Jeff. & Co. must wait a litte longer for the ‘good time coming, boys.’’ There is no doubt but be would recognize them at av Mr. Jobo Bull was ready for the venture. The posit of a sovereign State to the South at the courts of Europe seems just as far off oa ever. Rev. Newman Hall, brother of Captain Vine Hal!, Inte Commander of the Great Eastern, is drawing down upon siemself the wrath of the Britishers by taking strong ground in fuver of the course pursued by the United States goverument. I understand bie sympathy 1 ex- Pressed im sermons in the Surrey chapel. On Monday next (the 3d) there ie to be a meeting at the Metropolitan Institution, Fitztoy square, “to protest egainat the resent expressions of opinion in favor of the confederacy, and to support the Union in its efforts to abolish slavery.’’ It is to be attended by some gentlemen of influence and position, The temper and tome the English public do not alter or change much on the subject of the American war. ‘A Q0W week'y paper bas just been startedewhich bide fair to become au able and popular journal. It is called the Victoria Press, and i@ in entire sympathy with the ‘United States government. Palmerston, with the adroitness of the finished politi- olan, keops to the milk-and-water policy which be hae so tong and 80 studiously carried out. It is in var to listen to the oracie. It sends forth no intelligible note. @iitter- fog generalities, or rather commoapiace nothings, are all (eat drop trom bis mouth. He is as severely neutral as some of the “invisible” colors found or created ip obemistry Im@uence of Franee, Russia and Eng- Fromm La Pattie, of Parte, Nov. 11 (Frem is, Now. ‘We yesterday confirmed the news cthend apcenn ter some days in Ragland of an attempt at mediation project 4 by Fravce and Russia in America. The initiative of this step is due to the I: gov- eroment. Tbe proposition emanating from ve bas Deen immediately accepted by Russia, and it ie with ‘thie important adbesion that cue ee just bese made to the British government. ‘he reply of the Cabinet of St. James Public opinion is The joint action of France and ef Roses might periape suffice to assure at Richmend and Washington the sucosss of an offer of mediation. Franee rwarcises a leghimate im America, due to ber con- oiliating and frank policy, and recent!y to her intervention jo the Treot affair, Russia, on her part, stilt entertains intimate reidtions with the Northern Stater, formed by the of services the least fergoiten of which da'e from ow war But we do not apo ry de on thie occasion a induspensable. binets of Parisand of &. Peters. per tee | be powerfully strengthened by the adhesion «“ Britain, whese political pesition i especially under- oad om the other rvieof thaAtlantie. o,, Yet, f we are w credit the still comewhat vague reports te oircuiation, the proposition of France apd Russia bas not met with a favorabie reception at London. A Cabinet Gounot! s to be held on Tuesday, and at this counei! the Palmerston Cabinet wiil adopt ite resolutions Lord Carlisle Against Intervent Quite recently in Dublin, in moving « vote of Professor Cairnes, the Bari of Carfisie, Lord Lieutenant, forring to his visit to Amerioa, said:—The lecture, perhay bad a wore intimate interest for myself, iaasmuch as | T have persousily visited that great American continent od have become myself familiar with mauy of the ac tual bette grounds apd scenes of conflict. The proud Potomac, the winding James river, the gentie Obio, and the Drimmiog@hliseissippi still glide before my memory with ail their distinctive features. (Appiauee.) And Most shocking judeed it is to me when I refect that ¢ wonith of wators, formed by the Almighty to fertilize t earth and vleud ite myriad families, of inte should ouly huve wafied tue instroments of mutual slaughter, that thee endiess plains of waring hevo gazed with gueb fond admirat reddened by the blood of féllow countrymet their owo Kinsmen amd owr own. (Loud appiaa Aypears to me ® wise principle of neutrality whieh the government to whiob | Bave the honor to belung, tacks 1 beiters, by the general sense of the people, have Miherto maintained (hroughous this distressing conflict —( sear, hour) And | em sure tbat, muintainiog that prineipe and | nm should have been ot premurning to express apy opiwion myself upon the res; eotry te of he couflieting parties, I yet shail be givtug veut to Ibe wish which must pervade every Chria- Han axsemby that under the overruling ebaping of Divine Frovidence more moderate counsels and @ m)i rit may (or the future prevail, (hat slavery may looun tte hedoms grasp, Wud peace resuine Ler placid sway. (Loud appiangs). He moved that the cordial thanks of the meeting be ted wo Professor Cairnes for his most and elo- octure, effect of au armistices| } dui an nose. She will be about 260 tous burthen, tweive feet deep, » end She will be supplied with oscillating engines, buflt by the frm : a The War in Guiidhaii. TAR LOKD CHIRP BARON, LORD FALMERETON AND LOKD BROUGHAM ON AMERICA (From the London Times, Nov. ii.) Yosserday the new Lora with ali ¢he customary pomp Rose) went In state from Guildbail to ted by Mr. Cubitt, the retiring chief om the members of the Court Alder all the to be presented to accordance with Dor poratio { Exchequer ‘worn in fn the Court ck addressed 1 — The ie vu by 2 | | br | i E = t ‘Fi 4 i Hl Hy ke i Li ree ; itt He irk ue A Hy i fl ‘satisfactory to know that tie coun- tion. (Heat, hehe’) Lord Brovauam, returning thanks for the toast of his health, said:—That calamity (# eotton (amine) they could not foresee bor provide against any more than their mas. ters; but as far ag their ordinary waste were they did provide in savings banks, Ife insurance, and in co-operative societies, 6 a8 to economize meane for their ordinary and even cousiderably in excess of their ordina- Ty requirements, No doubt, for such an unexpected crisis as that which the cruel state of affaira om the other side of the Atlantic has produced they have made and could make uo provision. And now I will just sy a word about the other side of the Atlantic. That crue! apd unna- tural civil war whieb is afflicting us 60 many miles off i+ one of the most lamentable evenis of owr day. 140 not prc tend to koow more than my noble friend at the he « of the government, who has admitted that he cannot p.« dict any speedy termination of this conflict. dand France have looked with perfect feelings of friendship towards both of the contending parties, for » perhaps, they are not much liked by either. (Laughter.) But of there be little chance of tion being come to by the of Kurope, at least thom listen to their own advocates in this country—we who supported them half a century ago, when no one elee said a word in their fayor—we who were charged with being almost seditious, if not treagonable, advocates of America as st Our own country in the disputes then existing—let them listen to our advice, to our strong and earnest entreaty that they would, as speedily as possible, put an end to this cruel and unnatural war. And I will tell them that, besides the ordinary evils of war, besides the waste of blool and treasure, the suffer- ing of every kind, the anxieties and miseries involved el rapine and every sort of violence, and im whom those habits are becoming their second and savage nature. Pas See és CA Sn vad up in war and in war engenders. There is nothing wpree than the tyranny of amobd. Fes, are one Sours Sr ene that is the tyranny of an armed mod. (' .) Theirs would be the worst kind of yoke under which men could live, and the worst foe to civil liberty. For heaven’s sake, for their own sake, for humanity's sake,I trust they will escape a fate at ‘once go deplorable and so degrading. (Cheers.) Optnion in Manchester. [From tie Monchester Guardian, Nov. 18.) Lord Palmersis's reference to the American war, at the Guildhall aj) ears Lo have been well fitted to say, ina quiet and unobtrusive way, just what the public wanted know. * * * The Prime Minister has sak in afew words exactly what was wanted to put a preper value on reports of contemplated interference on the nner of the great Powers of Europe. We ail of us understand pretty well the only condition upon which such interference, even to the extent of recognition of the South, will ever De attempted with the assent of England. The point to whiob ‘our government will attach primary importance is that all external action shall be avoided wnétil there is a reasonable certajnty that it will not further exasperate the feelings of the Northern States, but will be accepied by them asa welcome aid to ezirication from the di ties with which they are surrounded. When Lord Palmerston, therefore, deciares bis appreheasiou that ‘‘thero is not at present any immediate prospect that more humane feel ings and more kindiy eeutiments are likely to prevail be- tween the contending parties "’ we have uo difficulty in infer what bas been or will be his anewer to the javi- tation to have been proffered by France and Rus- sis. The time to speak has not come uutil we can assure ourselves that the voice of reason has a fair ehance of deing listened to. Democracy and the Constitution. {From the Londoa Times, Nov. 10.) . The struggle that is tow on betweem the demo- cratic awd republican parties at New York and eleewhere gives us mere insight inwo the state of opinion in the Northern States than anything that has bappened since ‘Mr. Lincoln's triampb im 1660. This # no mere scramble for place between Seymours and Wadeworths, or trial of streogth between ral McGlelian and the War De- partment at Wash! , but a red and political contest, with momentous en it. Through the bluster tioneering we caten be gol conf Tee the mastery. vd great princi ict constitution a8 it is and the Union as it was”’ is the ral- ing cry of the democrats. The more repub- ‘accept the first half of this formula, though with it reservation, Dut for the latter they substi tate, itly if not ov Union as it ov to be.” tieally they are as mueh at vari with their antagonist on the ope point as on the * They stand by constitution as a matter of course—go deua- afford to do wise—bui it is net the conshiuiion aa framed by Washingion, Franklin and Jefferson to which they pay this homage. It is the constitution as tt has been tnterpreted and defaced by President Lineoln—a constitution under which the press is net free and persona: liberty is not safe—s constitution which purports: ig the rights of alaveowners and the ‘mtegrity ef the Union, and yet is not infringed by a prociamation treating cortain States as enemies, amd de- egy og these righte—that the republicans de- ight to honor. Aa for the Union, they do net profess desire a return to the state of things which preceded the secession. They make no secret of their resolution wm bring about cha’ which shall secure the abotitioniom for Future. I is ais which justifies the democrats in calling them ‘radvwais.’’ and claiming the tile of “conecrvatives”’ for themsclwes. The democratic conven: tions really do represent the of American de- mocracy, a8 they Lave governed the policy of the United States for some eighty yeare. If they are finally beaten, the Northern republic will enter upon a new phase ef political existe nce, whatever be the exeut of the war In consequence of the refusal of the Liverpool steamers to take munitions ef war as # portion of their cargoes to York, the North German Lioyd have rateed their rate of (reight for war materiaie to £7 sterling per ton, and ten per cent primage, the ordinary rate having been £4 per ton. Durmg the war which bus beem waging be- tween the Northern sud Southern States, immense quap- erials bave constantly been conveyed by nd Bremen steamers, touehi st, South. ampton on their way to New York, and as these steamers have now the monopoly of the traffic they will doubtless make their barvest. STOPPAGE OF A POWDER VESSEL POK THE SOUTHERN STATES. . The Liverpool Journal of Commer « of November 10 has re- ceived information that the Britieh steamer Antona, taking ammunition on board at Cork, bas been stopped by erder of the British government, on the ground that the enpplies of powder, &c., were intended forthe Southern coniede recy. Tbe same journal bas reason w believe that de- spaiches bave been received, remonstrating with the British government for aliowing on previous occasions privateers, and veesels laden with ammunition, &¢ , to be nd fitted out i Britieb port THE SHIP GRANITE STATE CHARED BY THR 290. From the London Times, Nev. 12. e, which arrived at Liverpool YY, rerorts that about the J 86, the saw the Confederate steamer Alabama lying vo, bill down, to the westward The Alabama bore dows upon her, when the Granite State, which wae under singie reefs, shook them out and howted maintopgallant. The we from N. W. Towards dark the topeails and lay to under Ber fore the chave she gained rapidiy on the Granite State. ANOTHER STEAMER FOR THR RESELS [From the |.iverpooi Journal of Commerce, Nov. 11.) fh avout @ fortnight there will be launched from ihe yard of Messrs. Joves, Quiggit & Oo.jone of the fastent and most beautiful steamers that has as yet been built at port. The plates of this vessel are made of steel, thirty feet 290 feet rong. of Messrs. Lawrence & Co., and it is expected from the peculiarity of ber build and the power of her. en- gines that she will beable to steam upwards of twenty knote ap hour, Vessels of thie description have of late beon in demard for a peculiar trade. The Case of ¢ ip (From tbe London Times ° oe While we kno Acquit them of all complicity im tt ‘@ have already expressed our opinion apon the bad taete shown in giving Captain Wilkes @ responsible com- y station where ne had formerly dis but the inetructions recently iasued by d fo the ! show a due And neutral rig » the tt Only be disavowed, but ready acted with b in General of Cuba hy a finp on the fnoe His " hown ese of tne ott t they have demanded the pinikhment of concerned ia this wit, afd bave eed Chote Ww YOU TERALI During | are only qpe-thirty-sizth of ap inch im thick. | jot how to extenuate the enormity of | do the Washington government the | F i Bee a Pal ay intervened to trouble ue doubt bat everything thas ! from the ities of the present system was to regard pe Eg ee as lawful only when the neutral performed an unneutral act, and thus put himself in the place of an enemy; and it, should only. apply to besieged places and to contraband of war,and not to regul commerce, as had formerly been the case. In the course of a discussion which ensued, Lord Stanley said it was hardly possible to deal with a question of that importance ‘aod magajtude in & manner that was not very fragmental. ‘A person leading a public life could not pledge himsolf to ad opinion en this group of questions wit great comsi deration. He did not think they had suflici knowledge of the various questions involved, nor was the public mind suttieiently formed to deal with them. If he made apy remarks be wished it to be uaderatood that it was only for the purpose of suggesting questions ‘that he should like to have solved by others. They time power. In the astempt to little bloodshed as possible It was & que interests of neutrals should be consulted. were affected by a war in which they hed no interes: it was a bard case; but it was oue of these hard cases, ouly on larger scale, of the individuals in whee ilelds the warlike operations were carried on. To make war sel- dom, to make it uncostly and as little bloody aa possibie, any limitations to the power of preventing commerce as those proposed would have the effect of strengthening the weaker party againat the stronger. They would tend to equalize the forces of the combatants, and by that means tend to protract the war. In the present day uothing bad such a tendency to put a stop to war as the interference of neutral Powers. The nations were day by day scting more upon one apother—influenctn, one another. All wars were now fought by gener: coneurrence of opinion of the surrounding Powers, and it was easential that they should be brougnt to an end. When two nations—under such circumstances as they now saw in America—were at war, one was entirely debarred {rom trade, and every neutral Power felt it. ‘The result was that every Power not engaged in the war had a direct interest wi ‘putting a stop lov. The question was, if they let two nations go um at war unre- sirictea in their commerce, whether neutral mations would have so direct an interest in bringing the war toa conclusion. They would say—° You may go on fighting as long as you like, fot you do not injure us,” and the re- sult would be that ihe combating Powers would be weakening and exhausting one another, and josing their tufluence tn the acale of nations, It was, therefore, cor- tain that it was the interest of all nations which feel the effects of the war. There was another aspect to look at w whieh it had pot been noticed, probably begause it was not wou of suflicieut importance. 1t was that the wars wore now not carried cn by the whole male popula- Hon of anation, but only by aclass of the population; therefore there was not so much suffering as Shere used y great pressure upen the people for the expenses of the war; but, as the wars of the present time were carried on’mostly by louns, the people did not feel it so much; and if there was not some ure OD interests suffered by the continuance of the war, it might be @ question whether shat party, which gooner Qe later springs up ip & country, would spring up as soon er bave as mach power as bave bad whea they didrise. There were three questions they would bave to the proposed alteratien—-firet, w no power to compel the ol ‘The discussion was then adjourned, = (From The dominion of the which the federal sta! wt their contest with the people of the South. the hopelessness of the hich erners are embarked must Rave made itecif manifest Jong ago even to New Yori. It ia by reason of this ready access to the outside world that the arm always been well supplied with rifies of the last new pat tern, powder of the vest quality, bullete and percussion cape without stint, and artillery of the greatest power, while their unhappy enemies were driven w use tier pieces and rusty muskets, te economize their wretche powder, and semeti prefer old fins gums to percus- sion rifies for lack of capa wherewith to fire them. Ever since the war cominenced the American steamers have Deen loaded wi b articles contraband of war, and if the Confederates had bad a fleet to enforce their belligeren: rights, there was hardiy @ mer ebip which ceared frem an-English to a federal American port which was not liable Co sefzure and confiscation by reascn of the munitions of war which constituted the greater part of Britiah exports to America. bd be ° All these abd many other advantages bas Mr. Lincoln obtained by reason of his supremacy atsea. But even im this case there muet be some slight oceasional eloud m the sunny heavens, The Sumter, ® wretched little river boat, stole out of « Southern Barbor, buzzed all over the world, and, after rather imsuiting than destroying the se- curity of federal eommerce, got back aguin with impunity. The whole navy of the federal States was impotent either wo block or to cateb her. The suecessor of the Sum: is the A ern navy asthe Sumter was, The Alabama lies ua the very track of the vessels from Burope to New Yo cruises about under eail, ory aunoylog, War riske are become realities, and the mer. chants of New York are furious. So they have good right to be. Anavy ofa hundred and fifty ebips of war | | surely’ ought to drive from the seas a inigerable little | whieh to run, ich if obliged to barn prizes for want of « barbor wherein to sell them. But it not with their own navy the commercial classes of New York find fault. it is with England. We bave heard fomething of this before, but to-day we pablish the text of the remonstrance of the New York Uhamber of Com- merce. They have issued a “report” upon this subject, in which Dot ope word cocurs as te the negligence or im ofeieucy of their own navy, but they declare that “the mest widespread exasperation” is rising sgainat thie coumtry, because the Confederate war steamer Aiabame burned ibe federal merchant ship Brilliant. Their reason | for this exasperation is that the Alabama was built in this country ,and that the guos with which ebe is mounted were also bought in thie country. We Aawe ne doult of these facts, although we have no epectai information as to them. Hut what has England © do with tia? Supyore we bad knowingly allowed & sbip-of.war to be butit and armed and pro pped and manned, and to go, flying the Confederate flag, out of ono ef ows seaports, we should have dome wrong. We should have done what the United States did when, during the Russian wee, they sent the Ameri¢a across the Pacific to the Russians im the Yellow Sea. Weebould bave done what the United Seates did when the Russian war chip the Great Ad- miral was Isid down io American dockyard. But we bave cothing of the fort. Our shipowners have sold « ebtp, as they are every day relling sbi Whether she was better adapted for war ov for peace ts nothing to them orto wa. Bhe left owr port an unarmed teserl. Depend upon it. abe infringed no jaw municipal or international, for Mr. Adams and his as woll a8 the secret committee which sit in London, bad all their o her. Whether she would have been a lawful she had left oor waters we know not; that ar goverumeut had any right t ps does the Nev York Uh think our shipbuiiders turn out in a yeur? Are wo w anat ap our shipyarde as well aro oriat a8 8 homage to the federal inat of conquest? The New York Chamber of Commerce, and especially Mr. Low, whoseema wo be would appomr to be of thi stop. How per of Commerce theiv mouth opt They have <b with amazement’ thes other shipe haing boil fe Pnginnd aul Scotian! which may possibly bec me ata future HmeUontodernte veesoleof-war, Mr. Taw las ayoreever, hoard dhab an iton-clad ship we being fit bore for tat (arpore, wad he tar leo read tn bbe ouppert wot we we ey Peep t cies Fi Hr a HI i i it Hi i : ! ft : af 1 F % 4 mise our neutral relations with ‘sd Dy bay one om § THE @EAMEN AND GUNPOWDER MANUPAOTURERS IN ‘TROUBLE. In the Londo Bankruptcy Court, on the 11th of No- vember, before Mr. Rogistrar Haslitt, im re Zachariah Charies Pearson.—This waa tho sitting for time peared Am ard portion of the called the Circassian, which boionged to the bankrupt, an: which had deen seized by the federal goveroment of Ame- rica. It was condemned and sold in the United States. The orew bad signed articles for a worege to various places, ‘and home to a port of discharge {u the United Kingdom. They had been paid their wages only up to the time that the vessel had condemned; but they asserted that they were entitled to them up to the time of discharge at Liverpool. An action had been brought and tried in the Sheriff's Court; and the learned judge, after taking time to consider, had decided that the claimants were entitled to have their wages paid up to the time they arrived in Eng- Jand. No plea of bankruptey was set up, or anything of the kind, The case was met in such @ manner as led the clatmants to suppose that they would be settled with upon the footing of that judgment. Though that ent had deen obtained some time ago no portion of had beén paid; the mea were almost starving; they had been out of employment ever since, for not only had their wages not been paid, but they had not recoived their cir- tiflcates of discharge, consequently they were unable to ob- tain other employment, except some few who had been employed in coasting vessels. Under these ciroumgtances of hardship, he ssked the ee ge — the purpose of carrying into effect this judgment at law, and Phat the first money which came inte the hands of the assignecs might be applied to the payment of these men's wages. They had been told that they should be paid out of the frat money that came to hand; but in the Meantime the men were starving. Many of them were Present, and would state that they cou'd not obtain em. ployment. At least their certificates \of discharge ought to be given them, so that they might be able to obiain employment. Mr. Plews, who was engaged in taking the proofs of the creditors, said he apprehended ghat tn a case tn this po- sition the proper course would for the seamen to make their application to the assignees when chosen. Tho as- signees would entertain it, and would apply to the Court for the necessary order to enable them to pay the claim. The creditors had had no gotice of it, and never heard of it i g. s : i] fore. Mr. Hoffman—You have had ample notice. Mr. Plews—The assignees are not yet chosen. When they are the application must be made to them, so that they may bave time to cousidor it. ‘The Registrar—The best course for the claimants will be to tender a proof. ‘Mr. Hoffman—But many of the men are not herp, and are not in a condition to tender, that will carry apprehend will certainly not be disposad to inflict an; iP. How did the men get back again to this country? Mr Hotman—' were sent home by the British Consul at the Havana. ‘They were only paid their wages up to the time that the ‘There were ‘veesel was seized (the 2d of June) contraband goods on board the ship. ne doubt it was lawfully seized, and the men are ab! geting oe ship's papers were destroyed. There is no question yy are entitied to their wages up to the time i E i object. Mr. Plews—Then as the learned counsel has attained his objeet be may now let the matter drop. There is no doubt it will have the attention of the assignees. ‘The Registrar—You bad better furnish the assignees ith a list of the claims. Hoffran—That has been done already. ‘The Registrar—I cannot go into the question whether the engagement of the men was terminated by t! the American government Mr. Hoffman—That has ‘Sb eriff’s Court. en That the men should be paid. All T said was, that the matter should be brought before the tors. The the creditors or the ase! The assi they should be withheld. . Plews—We don’t know that they are withheld. It Er totaca tn te ir. i—In the Sheriff} Court the oase occupied promised that the men should have their discharge. To say that it le new to them ie #, and they then ridiculous. Mr. Plews—The affairs are now im the hands of the cre- 4itors, and the creditors bave had ue appiiestfon made to them. The Registrar—The assignees will be appeinted im half ‘an hour or an heur, and them you can make the applica- wen to them. As to their discharges, | see no reason why they should not have them. matter then ¢repped Proofs to the amount of about £32,000 were taken, and the following creditors were chosen trade ass: Mr. Martin Samuelson, shipbuilder, of Hull . John Thomas [obsoo, merchant, of Hull, Mr. eter Brames Hail, gunpowder manufacturer, of Lombard street, and Mr. F. G. Westmoreland, merchant, of Moorgate street. The amount of liabilities, as already stated, is about accurate éstimate can yet be formed of the £608 000; ‘amount of the assets, Mr Linklater appeared for creditors. The next sitting wae appointed for the 6th of January. General Scott's Letter. (From the London Times, Nov. 4; There was @ time in the recent history of this country when an old Geveral went to the Queen's Ministers and told them that in Lis epiniom the country was not wat ‘The veteran saw weakness at home, and knew that weak- nese at home meane offence from abroad. He, whe knew what wai for bie country, euiifed tts approach and devounced it as imminent. The meu of peace to whom the warning was given bad, perhaps, their own notions as with the responsibility of their position to neglect counsel that came from so grave a quarter. By a politic relaxation of military forms, @ letier whic embocved impor'ant adeice was allowed to be public. The authority which had acted upon es was allowed to exercise ite influence over the public mind. There was a general examination of the subject. Remedi cisive were sought and found effective that the chateerers of the hour still go about boasting = the old man was « dotard and the danger but his delusion. But let ue suppose that the warning the ministerial ni veteran bad in vain, that the danger bad come and bad —_ ue unprepared. What should we thn have said to Misuters who had the voice of |, and whe had, in Blind eunceit, bro ‘country? In the face of such an #: noe sagacous ran upon the indignation would certainly not have the eam mind wickedness would have been instantaneous. have met the difficulties so brought upon as under new leaders. All this has jost hay ed in America. We must ark ‘of the grent shade of the Irov Duke if we compare everai Scout with him even for a single point of resem Diance. Bot General Scou is America’s Welln He is the only General of age and sutbority, and he seems to have been endowed with @ certain degree of military ht, When the rev@utiontwhich is now im progress waa Dut looming In the diwtance he alone saw the magni. tude and the certainty of the storm. His first cry was to rison iy force the arsenals and forts which mroand vers and strategic pointe of the Southern States, either President nor Minister woald listea to him, aad the 6) rtunity was lot, Then came the electoral vic the republioana and the overthrow of the demo w Presiden w Prime General Scott then acdreese 5 . Tt ie now known all over America ira, Lincoln and Seward were, in their civ and ignoragee, talking lightly of this ement to be put down in sixty a d bis 1 desks and car fre yt report Foom Uuir Commancder-in-Uhicl, ielling UW three yeors and 20,000 men and $250 000 000 fe Heat rice a! which Urese seredet Stakes cout be While Sir. Linovin was talking In sprightly parapies, and while Mr. Seward was euiertainiug his hearers with the efully conced she act of been already decided in the Mr. Stansfielé—You are misinformed as to the official promised trar—There can be no objection on the part of ignees 10 do justice to these men. will be chosen to-day, and then the matter led over to them, and ne doubt they will do ‘Aa to their certificates, I don't know why ag, and who bated it for tteelf, and dreaded it the fears of the ancient soldier, but they were too much impressed | a, at the helm. The effect upon the popular | this country of such an exposition of folly or | We should | eaeurance that, if 1 bad bese for the preserva, fica of the Union he would have Oued slavery in Mansa Seem, sat woud hove made i grow there, they had before General Soott’s warning that the Bouth whea conquered would require generations of ar H F ish Husae HBT stn! ‘3 & Hl ! i it EEE Hts i F ft il f i! fr i tid E F ll H H if Py i { | lt i 53 3 £ ry i £ i | i | E E 5 Z Bit if fr 2 & Q z a F 5 H iF ? & z The War an Biection Test. The Mayor of Southampton has offered himeel as a candidate for tho vacant seat of Southampton. He de- acribea bimselffas a liberal conservative, approves of non- intervention in American affairs, but trusts her Majosty’s government will neglect no opportunity of judicious me- diation, should they tind it possible. The Ballion Trade and Manufactures. {From the London Times (city article), Nov. 12 ] The rate at which specie shipments are being made to India is attracting much attention. Last mouth the total sent from England alone was £1,400,000, and a further sum of about half as much was probably despatched on English account via Marseilies. From the magnitude of the amount by the mail now starting, it fs evident that these figures will be enormously incrassed uring the presmt month, and, ag it i Dos Casy to allay a ‘movement of’ the kind whea it has thus strongly grown up, there is a likelihood that the rage for sending orders to Bombay for cotton may continue month by ing foree, and cause the drain to as- il more considerab! cumstances, apparently, {t nfust happen upply of the staple obtamable from India will be found 80 aniple that there need be little further apprehension of anactual dearth of employment in Lancashire. or that the orders sent hence will so tar exceed the supply read. ily available shat their execution will be: possible only at greatly enhanced rates. As tho increase of theae ordi and of the consequent outfow of bullion, must tend to further decided advance in our rates of discount, the con. -tingency has at the saine time to be contemplaied, that ‘he cotton thus purchased high prices’ will arrive here upon a market by the de- pressing influence of thiy ‘the value ot money. change in It is to be assumed that such of the various banks and othor establishments as are fucilitating the existing course of business have fully weighed these points, together with the possible extent of any revision that might follow a sudden announcement in Ame rica; bat among prudent merebanis and fluanciers there is unquestionably @ feeling @f anaiay on the subject. This wunque: g bject. iverpool, Manebeater and Glasgow which preeoded the crash of 168%, and of those which, even in the faec of the warning of that period, were almost immediately after- wards entered into on & still more extraordinary scale, which resulted in overstocking every market in the world, so that now, ia the second yeer of the American war, the amount of ungleared stocks is still from almost all quarters a topic of remark The Social Revolution tn Engla: (From the London Times, Nov. 4.) At a meeting of the Central Relief Com: English government and private individuals, baving in charge the relief of the distreased cotton operatives, the government commissioner read @ report in which he stated the namber of operatives in twenty-four poor law unions of the northern district in full werk is now re- duced to 58.688, while the number working short time is increased to li The toes 'of wages ia estimated week, and there is no dow that knig classes are almost exhausted. Card nal Wiseman has considerately promised to have @ col lection in the Roman Catholic churehes in London 80 soon ag a larger number of people return to town. Golleetions bave been received from various Dissenting tend af. The arm, have com! aad very lideralsum has been the resuit, on various railways. following the example have begun to mat the Moomouthen: rectors for their annual treat to men in the north.’’ raising £150 per week. - At the same meeting Mr. Compay, M. P., said:-—I find it stated thatit ia estimated that the loss of wages at present ip at the rate of £186,004 per week, and there is no doubt that the savings of the working classes are almost ex hausted. Now, £136,004 per week represents in thig district. resoure that it possess to relie’ £25,000 @ month for the o of this country. present, who are go practically acquainted with thie die trict, that that loss of geven millions in wages per annum suffering flicted on this community three ery imperfect measure of the amount of and loss whieb will be ‘or four months hence. It may be taken to be £10. That is a sad and sorrowtul example, but I am Will not be a solitary one for a loug time. Tatives. It must be #0. ithdraw the to cny rational mind. We have then another clas: yout, men ‘of superior education employed ware oures and: counting houses. A great number of these to the ive classes. condition will rapidly 1 eames fiod the oper that population 4p health and in the possession of their ener gies. There is every motive wh! them away from here, as you will do if they are not suffi- clently fed and clothed during the next winter. They will be wanted again if this district is to revive, as we all bope and believe it will r Your fixed here t2 of no use without the Mid without your raw material. e is the richest county im the kingdom whe ite mae it is the poorest county in the kingdom when its ma- chinery and fixed capital are paralyzed, ae at present. Therefore, I say, it ie interest not only of this com. munity, but of the kingdom that this population should be preserved for the time-——[ hope nit a distant time— when the raw material of their industry will be supplied to this region. In Leeds Mr. Baines, M. P., entered inte a number of Statistics to show the present deplorable coudition of the work: lasaes of Lancashire, who have been dependent on cotton. He etated the number at present iu the receipt of relief, either from the poer rates or from charity, to be 396,700, The distress Was, however, all going on in an accslerated ratio, and ina few weeks it was estimated that the whole number would be 476,506. What would it require, he agked, to give te those mouths the support which would keep bedy and soul together and to prevent their sinking into fever and deatht The sum hitherto given to them bad been 18. 84. a head, but medical men eatd that would not avert disease and ite fatal results, It wae shought 2a. a head was the lowest sum which should be meted out, und, including men, ‘women and obiidreu, the relief at that rate would amount ton weekly sum of £47,631, of £2471,612 per year: The cotton famine, on the other hand. bad deprived the operatives connected with it of S118,120 ® week, OF £6, 179,105 per your: and what oh awf dgamount of lose that was (08 population’ Ithavtng been stated that the local 3 hw) noi risen as hig ibey ghpuld have done betor y one interfered, Mr ant they had risen mes higher than they aaoally were. in the dietres= oxteted the avoual Wat propertion did W was Fequired Ls keop population a year—what proportion dtd et rateable valueot the property? % 3KA. in the pound fou the value O( rated property and mactwery), and at Chis Faucawtire & rate of 108. 9 08,7 at 28 8 Ww the powad i } I i i ittee of the 12, and 182,401 are thrown entirely at the wo all your committee's best thanks have been and vavy, both officers and men, iption lists, and @ considerabie ie empioyes: of those on the London and Northwestern and Great Northern lines, periodical collections, and those of Railway and Canal Company have alee “unanimously voted the amount granted by the di- their suffering country- Workmen im various trades have also seat m their contributions, those of Birmingham as of 47,000,000 sterting per annum, and that a the rate at which the deduction is now being made from the wages of labor L see it stated in this report that the ich this committee can at present foresee his amount of distress are t five months, which is at the Tate of £860,000 per, annum, 80 that we foresee at Present the means of affording @ reliet of something less than five per ceut upon the actual amount of the loss of wages at present wmcurred by the working classes But | need net tell honorable gentlemen Then you have the shopkeeping class aooeendiag to the rank of the ope- custom of £7,000,000 per cmuum which has ceased to be paid in wages | from the thopkeepere, and the consequence must preven Cg c in which you there is every motive why this community, as well as the whole kingdom; should wish to preserve this industrious we should endeavor to keep this working population bere rather than drwwe capital no we hw oment thay wore axpeuding in | bighiy satiated Ay ball magica . teenth Army Corps. The Unioff Army Divisions Under MePherson and Sherman. General Grant’s Staff as Newly Organized. IMPORTANT MILITARY ORDERS, & &e., &., : ee " Oar La, ge Correspondence. Lagranon, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1008. Civilians Not Permitted Over the Railroad—An Important Order Concerning Sutlers—Southern Ladtes— Forcign In lervention—Rebel Prisoners to be Sent North—Death One of Their Wounded—The Weather—Reports Ooncere- ing the Whereabouts of the Encm--General It-m:, de. ‘The military ratlroad conneoting this point with Bolivar fs now given up exclusively to tho transportation of treops and supplies. Hitherto there hag been a great rush of speculators of various vocations, following this army in all its movements. These individuals have takes advantage of the absence of direct and convenient com- munication with places having supplies, and by a sysiom of unpardonable imposition . have enriched themselves upon the necessities of our isolation. Several days elnsee very wige order, issued frem beadquartera, prohibiting the shipment of any.goods save government stores, and not allowipg any persons excepting offers and soldiers to pass south of Bolivar, reached Jackson, mach te the auneyance of a large delogation on ite way to this place. Yesterday an order was published requiring all regh mental sutlers to join their regiments, and those not thus connected to leave the town immediately. As a conap quence, thie morning we find an absence of this part ef our community. T have found considerable entertaipment im com versation with the ladies of this rogioa, They exhibit the animosity and ill feeling towards poused their cause. The views of the women about here, as far as my ag quaintance reaches, are remarkably noreasonsble. AsR- ing @ Indy what thelr people desire, the invariable answer is to “rule or ruia.”” Ask upgn what terms they be willing to return to the Union, they reply, “! Abe Lincoln and piace Mr. Davis and his Cabii tion.”’ They are unwilling to accept any For the past few days our people have been im siderable agitation concerning the truth of certain grams from Washington, tending to the Prospect of foreign intervention in our certainty. As was to be expected, the (Ubigers amongst us were fm high glee at this gieam through = oe cen have Brey begat fortunes for mont . y way from thi Master ta tonk conued We eliaes that pre tion of such an event always calis forth appar: They all admit that weight of such action would advance thei and add character to the cause they now vindicate. Since our occupation of thie new gathered about two hundred pices connoissauces started out from here, twelve sre commissioned officers, This marning entire number leave for Columbus, Ky. They eventually be exchanged, but not until after some new movements of our troops occur. As mon, physically, they afford some excellent examples, and universally are in auperior th. Ali are anxious to be soon oxi that they may the y rogret being captured until after what they fear will bee severe conflict and require the services of all the men they can control. ‘on the late engagement at Lamar a iarge number of rebel wounded were brought ia. 1. B. Claibora, D, Firet Tennessee, died yesterday in great | There are <evera) others from the same regiment nos / H Uli 5 Hs HF ikl é id i it or it i | expected to survive. | Thie morning set in rainy. I fear it is the commence | ment of the wet season this year, somewhat later than | usual. The acereer neat 1 ane a aa panne mud guMeient to impede materially the oper | army, Bat from overhead there will be mnch discom- fort. Tam in hopes the rains will hold up for about a week or ten days, by which time 1 feel confident we will be some distance ferther south, and in « position to eulsult to a few weeks’ rain. kvery day we learn new specuiations concerning the lo- | cality of the enemy in our front. Acoordmg 10 oue, he still oecbies Holly Springs, and will remain there until dislodged by on attack of our . By anether, Oxtora forme the base, the Tallanat river the frout, aad Holiy Springs the outpost of their new position; that the occupation in force of Holly Spriags was merely te delay our march upon that point. Several irishines arrived here on a bandear yesterday, having ridden part of the way up the railroad. hay I report the evacuation nf y wer of Hotly Sprit nd state that ti rebels wotil ft the place, aod them wore allowed to proceed. It is said, when our cavalry crossed the Coldwater ereek last Sunday, the rebels sup posed our whole force was upon them, and were leavi the town 8 rapidly ae possible. Taking rey with allowance, it ig the prevailing belief that ne engagement wil take place at Holly Springs. Doubtless before the close of the week several divisions will be despatched to examine the truth ‘of the reports we bave received concerning the evaeum tion. It is obviously the wish of the rebel commanders to invite us into the heart of Mississippi, away from our ebosen positions, aud Ww weaken our force by requiring the protection of a jong line of railroad. Im this way they ope to meet us upon what they call equal terms, in fair fight, or to make a detour im our rear, and out us Uff (rota “the Th oer a yes ‘we penctrate farther South, ~ our expe- eure. Sill, I have Taped = cried. L By trong of jr to meet the exigenc: “ous very, reason for the belief that the voxt hatte will be at the Tallabatebie is the contiguration of th try thereavouts and the nature of the banke of the river. Persona whohave visited that region concar in ite anfitness for the operations of large bodies of mou, owing to the broken nature of the suriace. They also repecs the banks of the stream as soft and muddy. Pack from the river a range of precipitous biutte greally add to the diffeuities of crossing. 0 river im eaid not to be forda- bie, Wunder these considerations | think it very reasoua- bie lo suppose the rebels will here offer their fret oppo tition to our advance Avery trifling action of a certain ofjoer came to my hearing, yesterday which will add nothing to our interests, and will doubtless result in a like treatment of our mon, if over captured by the subjects of this petty ane hoyanee. A number of rebel prisoners, having been taken, were byonght into the lines at « certain point rhe provost’ marshal figuring here, after require the weapons — of captives, Ci. al here wae the the poeket knives to be handed over’ ale. | much objection to thik by thé prisoners. but, persisting th his requirement, theyzwere given up A knie to & Js a moet usetul cofftpanion.. With, it he divides bis fod for eating ¥ of ways he is obliged cons tinunily Lo use th award that kwivee are cons ta | sidered constaband, Ebave heard fregueut en} fons oF adioicrmination to retaliate the fifet opportualty. ‘The prison ra, ay rogards lodging and ore The Inotont T have mented chews | dnpairs thote entire xauisfaction, Gol. Sanity and 1)