The New York Herald Newspaper, February 29, 1864, Page 1

r THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,026. ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE. ur London, Paris and Berlin Cer- A General Conflict Likely to Ensue from the Schleswig-Holstein Wax. France and Haly Leagued in Perritorial Extension. Engiati@Diplemacy Deneunced on the Continent, we Dewish Oruisers Capture a Prussian Vesse) Off the English Coast. @pecehes of Ear) Russell and Lord Pal- merston on the Seizure of the Rams and American Captures at Bea. THE AMERICAN PRIVATEERS, Ren Ren ae By the Asia, at this port, we bave news from Europe to We 14th of February, The main points of the intelligence appeared ip the Heraup yesterday morning. Our special eerzospondence from London, Paris and Berlin, with the @om)pilation from our English files, given to-day, contain ‘very important and interesting details. A Progsian equadron—consisting of the steamer Preus Macher Adler, 4, Commandor Klass; gunboat Basilisk, 2, Léeutenant Sohtan, and gunboat Blitz, 2, Lieutenant Mak- Me—which had put into Cadiz from Malta to coal, left'on the 25th of January for the Baltic. 4 Baris letter of the 12tb inst., in the London News, waye:— It will probably surprise you to Joarn that Maxzini 1s eedored for trial (renvoye) before a French assize court. , however, ig the statement of a French journal. An sedictment has been framed against Mazzini as an accom. of the four Italians, Greco, Imperatori, Trabucco and , mm a plot against the Emperor’s life. @urie are in the habit of trying in their absence aa (digg fal sentences against them, even ex- ‘Yeuding to death. But such sentences are mere mockery, for whenever tho acoused party chooses to appear he is entitled to a new trial. ‘The Haymarket theatre, London, was closed on the 9th Suet. , in consequence of Mr. Sothern’s inability to per. form, he having fallen from bie Dorse and dislocated hie ‘seller bone. ‘Gur dates from Japan are t¢ December 17, and they ‘(being the information that the Prince of Satsuma Bad ‘ald the indemnity demanded of him op account @ the ‘murder of Mr. Richardson, With this, apd ibe Prinee’s ‘own angaranes that he will do his best to discover ibe Smurderers and bring them to justice, Coloned Nealé, the British representative, has expressed himself satisfied. ‘Boom the West Coast of Africa we learn that tyade was gtepped at the Cameroons, The horrible practice of buman merce bad been resumed. From Bonny we learn that ‘fee trade of nevoral supercargoes in the river bad been Stopped by King Pepple, owing to their resisting his de- ‘mands fer increased duce upon the sulpping, Cape Const Ghetic“@Pvicen report that tile Asbantees continued m a ‘very excited, turbulent state. ‘Letters from Mazagan and Tangier report that great de- strection of life and property had been caused in Moroceo ‘by the explosion of a magazine containing 400 quintals of powder, Woare glad to learn (says the Gibraltar p meat le) that no fears for the safety of Sir Moses Montefiore need be entertained on this account, since the eecident happened before his arrival in the Sultan’s ‘There was no Galway steamer on the 16tb of February. ‘Fhe new stcamer Pennsylvania loft Liverpool February W for Now York, OUR SPECIAL DESPATCHES. 33 Our Londom Correspondence. Lonvon, Feb, 13, 1864, Ragland Not Anaious for War—France and Naly in League to Induce a Conflid—England’s mid Policy Benders the Situation More Dangerouws—P rospects of a Werla-Wide Rising—An Opening fer Novel Peace- makers— Waiting for Decisions in the American Prise @ourts—The Rebel Trade Navy in the Ulyde—Tory At- dacks on Palmersion, dc., dc. People are still asking if there will be war, while three ‘Wousand people have been killed and wounded in a con- est between two of the great Powers of Burope matebed against a gallant little kingdom not jarger than an Eng Meh county. Instead of ‘showing fight,’’ the British gov- sevment and legisiaturo are quietly asking how Jong this Imkuuityis going to last..Ten days ago neariy overy person exchanged a word with was ready for war. Now the ‘mation of shopkeopers,’’ one and all, seem ready to make the sitle good that was given them jn the sarcasm ef Napoleon—" Peaceful commerce,” extension of trade,” #40 tho carrying for the world while others fight,” seem ‘te be the ond and aim of John Bull’s ambition. As for a war—a gigantic Furopoan conflict—that is past praying for. Whether England is counted in or out is Sancertain; but Franoe and Italy will never forego the @pportunity to enlarge their boundaries. Very likely these two groat Powors will not be engaged in the con Mot before April or May—largo bodies being proverbially stow to move. There will be insurrections both in Den ‘Wark and Germany—the principalities—in lees than six ‘weoks and in the meantime Austria and Proesia will keop ‘Weir armies at work ta oroshing out what little indepen. ence may exist in the two duchies. The two great bual- ying Powers, whose armies are in Kiel and Flensburg, aro not one fig either for the wishes of the people of Schies- ‘wig Holstein or for the aapirations of Pricce Augusten- ‘burg. Prussia wants a foothold on the Baltic for a wavy, and Austria joios in the raid because the Berlin government have promised to guarantee Mhe possorsion of Venitia to the Hapaburg. It is a nice ttle game, but fortunately more than two can piay at it. ‘The logic of the great German Powers seems as loose ‘aa their political morality. They cry out that it is a great shame for a people who aro German in race, origin tangnage to be governed by a Scandinavian dynasty. scream for ‘‘autonymy” in Schleswig, but aro " yedy for an eternal oppression of Poles, Hangarians and fenitians. What is sauce for a Holstein goose is not geuce for an Italian gander. ‘There te 00 use in asking opinions as to tho turn that events may take on the military and political map of Burope. person is a8 wiso ae another, and all are asking, “What voxt/” As tor England, vory fow believe ‘will get into the struggle. Had she showed a warlike it from the start to Austria and Prussia, and said, “Hands off,’ no blood would have been shed, and peace Had the most sagacious statesmen tn the world tho most direct course to bring on a war NO poser ible measures could bave been more complete. ay oy to that end, The course of Russell avd Palmer- doen mere rhilly-ehally, Now 4ho tomple of spec! Janus is open, and tho world wil! eoon present the fearful tacle of every great nation on the globe engaged in frateickial elaughter, — and civil war in China, raids and bombara- mento fa Japan,a fierce conilict im India—amd these tri @mbrace a population of nos ess than five hun- iohs—while In New Zoaland there is a formidable detweon civilization and barbariem, Agia and the Southern Ocean in arms, a war in Mexico Aad anotthyr in the United States, whiloa conflict bas juet comm nced in og Ad will nwolve Russia, Pus. sia, Austria, Gorman; mark, Swoden, France, Italy Great Britain, At any rato both france and Pngiand have formidable foreign wars on their hands, cwhetber they KO to fighting with their near neighbors oF wot, ‘These Avents will only leayo at peace gome decayed Oriental Powers like Porsin and Turkey, savage negro’s in Africa and tho emall communi Sie of South Amerion. Really the King of Dx homey, the Rmperor of Brazil and tho priests of Santiago will have to turn peacemakers, gad urgontly advise some older and greater vations to bnitate their laudable and Phristian demoanor, At any gato grent Powers of ‘ope cannes mach longer 9 io tarbasian anough 10 en hat the only Cbrietian young Jonathan w. an fod y ‘The debates im Parliament, you will observe, comprise some very serious and anxious statements respecting tho Felations between Great Britain and America, Tho lav- guage of the ministers and advisers of the crown i very temperate, and thoy are disposed to await with pa- Sience the action of the United States Supreme Court on all the delicate points relating to prize and other caser, An opinion is given that several most important casce— Vike the Margaret and Jeesie and the Springbok—will pot be reached before pext December, Would it not be policy and a friendly act for the government to try and get a decision Saying the = spring term? "Except in those points where the interests or the rights of British subjects are in conflict with the Ameri- @ab government the American war at present excites Dut little attention. ‘Twas told afew days ago by & Glasgow man that all the shipbuiiders on the = have just as maoy orders ‘ae they cap execute in three years, and at such rates ‘shat they can afford to work night and day. He tells me jo cannot pags a shipbuilder’s yard on the Clyde at any yur of the night without seeing it brilliantly sighted up, ‘mostly with gas, and with relays of hands working the entire twenty-four hours. He tells me there is not one single passonger steamer on the Clyde that bad any pre- tensions to speed that bas pot been sold and taken away — ‘wheee mostly to the Southern States, to rup the blockade. Several) of ti , Dot being adapted to ocean navigation, Dave sunk Defore reaching their destination, One aplen- did fagt steamer went down on her way to Liverpool a few bourse after she left Greenock. Of course the tories are finding every fault with Palmereton’s government, apd are hoping for an a tunity to get into power. The following, from an edito- rial "e wo nt the conservative journals (the rd), not altogether an ebullition of Bs feeling. Many an Englishman outside of po- itioal’ influences feels that the burning words contain more tratn than poctry:—''We, morcovor, who eo promptly and heroically avenged the na- tional honor by shelling the women and children of Ka- gosima,and who stand calmly by while war is turned into wassacre by the Goths and Huns of Germany in their work of extermination along the highways of Den- mark—that is our idea of peace and glory. We tempt great Powers to aggression by our pusillanimity, and wo Jeave weak States to perish through our treason. It galls the English mind to reflect upon all this. The pride Of a gallant people is gone. But let the Daves take com- fort. They are not alone in their downfall. The earth lies heavy upon the ashes of Engfieh honor, as it does upon the relics of Danieh liberty, For Danish liberty has ceased to exist, with two immense armies rioting across the Jand; and Engliah bonesty has been ques- toned, far and wide, with scornful-insolence, through Europe, in a manner admitting of no answer. When are we next to run away from our pledges? What new in- famy is in store for us? Whom sball we next stimulate to upwarrantable concessions and then desert in bis direst extremity? We fear that to Kar! Russel! must be left the ignoble reply.’” Our Paris Correspondence. Paris, Feb. 12, 1864. England’s Course in the Danish Imbroglio—The War in the North—The Provable Resultt—The Archduke Mazi- milian—M. Erlanger in Trouble—The Paris Presse on General Grant, dc., dc... Tho name of England has become a by-word and a re- proach throughout all Europe; and if there were apy doubt previously existing as, to whether she really de- served the title of ‘‘Perfide Albion,” it has been dissi- pated by the cowardly and deceptive eourse whic! bas pursued in the Danish imbroglio. Even the Aus- trians and Prussians, with whose projects she refuses to interfere, hate her for the villany which she has prac- tised upon the Danes, and ber course has convinced all Europe of her treacherous character. ‘The prospect of a speedy termination of hostilities in the North does not pow seem to be so good as it was a fow daye since. Then it was supposed that the retreat of the Danes before the superior forces of the invaders indi- cated @ dispesition to abandon the struggle, satisfying themselves with tbe consolation that ‘all was Jost but Donor.” Now, however, it is believed that their retreat to the wland of Alsen ie intended to prolong the strug- gle, Dut in s more restricted territorwand in a position where they cap for @ long time bold out against vastly superior forces, . ‘They will gain, however, nothing by holding out. Aus- trie and Prosaia consider the treaty of 1852 as no longer Dinding, England apd Sweden will give no aid to the Danes; and the result will doubtless be, as! stated in my last letter, that the duchies will be completely se- ‘vered from the Daniab crown and placed under the rule of the Duke of Avgustenburg. Still ell is uncertainty in ‘the matter, and it ie yet by po means impossible. that Standard) ie Maximiliee, be is ‘Thousands of place-bunters of all are preparing to make an attack imi upon bis arrival. The deputation which is expected to Dring the ratification of the vote of the Aseembly of No- tables will probably arrive in two or three da The series of val ed balls, including thore of the Mivister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Duke de Pagsano, closed on Tuesday night with a magni- ficent ball at the Duke de Morny’s,and which was at- tended by the eltle of the French and foreign aristocracy. The Duchess de Morny was dressed as an English lady of the last centary, Princess Appa Murat as @ marquise, Princess Troubeski as & oat, Countess de Fourtales asa blue buttery, Mme. Emile de Girardin as snow, and the two Misses Slide!) as shepherdesses. A curious case, in which M. Erlan, and agevt of the rebel loan was a party, bas just been decided by one of the sribans Erianger brought a suit inet a M. Carteret, on a note for ten thousand francs, alleged to be money loaned; M. Carte- ret, however, asserted that it was mere memorandum of money recelyed for services rendered. He stated ‘that it was he who first suggested to Erlanger to get off the joan to Jeff. Davis, be who introduced him to Silicell with whom the negotiations wore made, and that instead of hie being indebted to Er- Janger, the latter was indebted to him in nearly two mil- lions of france, commissions for theee services. Court, without pronouncing upon the merits of the latter claim, ooneidered that the ten thousand francs had been paid to Carteret for services, and mulcted M. Erlanger in conte. The Paris Presse, in an articie upon the American war, in which it arrives at the conclugion that the Soath ts nearly ready to abandon the struggie, thus speaks of General Grant:—"Grant is the American Massena, the beloved child of victory, who has never met with @ re- vorse, but who is ae vigilant and indefatigable as if be one to fear. Alone he js able to resist the three ar- mies of the confederation.” The information relative to the Italian conspirators is now completed, and the trial will, it is said, positively take place in the early part of March. Mile, Adelina Patti, wbo continues to fill the Ttaliens to overtiowing every e' majority on the 19th of Fel . A grand fe given ber on this occasion by the veteran maestro, i sini ‘The percentage of dramatic authors for pieces played at the Paris theatres during the past year amounted to 1,852,412 trance. The highest euin paid was by the man- agement of the Chatelet, amounting to 161,625 francs, = the lowest by the Theatre Moliere, amounting to 545 noe. All the credulity im religious matters is not monopo- lized by Rome or Santia, It is stated in the religions journals that a piece of the true cross and crown of thorns, as well as one of the holy naile, will be exhibited for the veneration of the faithful at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris every Friday during Le ‘upon bim , the contractor Oar Berlin Correspondence. Brnum, Beb. 11, 1864. The Damish Army not Surrowunded—Severe Action with the Rear Guard—Their Escape to Alsen— Reasons for Aban- doning the Dannewerk—Strength of Their New Position— The Duke of Auguetenderg Proclaimed in Schleswig—Du- bious Policy of Prussia, dc. ‘The report that Prinoe Frederick Charles of Prussia bad evormed the heights of Duppel and cut off the retreat of ‘the Danes to the Island of Alsen has not been confirmed. It appears, on the contrary, that the Daniwh army bes Succeeded in concentrating itself at Duppel, which ie con- nected with the ieland by a floating bridge, defended by a strong tte de pont, tho attack of which is extromely dim. ‘cult, ag 1 i commanded by thoir batteries.on the opposite ride, and can only be approached by a narrow defile. As soon as the Danes heard that the Prussians were preparing t cross the Behley at Arnis, they commenced their retreat from the Dango- work with euch silence and secrecy that the Avetrians remained completely ignorant of, their move- mente, and the citisens of Schleswig bad much ado to per- Auade General Gondrecourt that the enemy bad loft their 1oWM, and that be might enter it whonever ho pleased, By thiw'remiseness of tho Austrian villottes the Danes gained a etart of abont twelve hours, and it was only when they bad passed Idstad that the foremost columos of the Austrians overtook the Danieh rear gnard, which turned with groat fury upon their pursuers, and @ dospe- rate fight enened, in which the Auetrians at firet pus. tained severe lone, the Prince of Wurtemburg himself being dangerously wounded, It was not till General Goblensz came Up With strong releforcements that tho Danes word put to Dight, leaving three guns and fivo or fin hondrée! prisoners many of them Copenhagen stu- dente and yeluntecrs—in tho hands of the Austrians, NEW YORK, MONDAY, ‘whose casualties in this one action arc stated ar twenty- eight officers apd six hundred and cighty-two rank and file kied, wounded and miesing, ‘The desperate resistance of their rear guard, however, © the main army of the Danes time to push on through Flonsburg to Doppel and Sonderburg, wher, as 1 bave just mentioned, they are safely ensconced, It is likely that their right wing, which was posted at Fredorick- stadt, bas retired towards Jutland, as the advance of the allies from Schleswig would prevent them from joining the bulk of their forces, who, i the strong position thoy now occupy, will be able to recover from the of their hasty retreat, Ned troops, who been marching and fighting for three days running in the worst possible weather and over execrable roads, can hardly bo less exhaveted, and by the ‘ast accounts Field Marshal Wrangel bad allowed them a day’s rest, which they must have been very much in need of, Gn the 9th his headquarters were at Flensburg, and those of Prince Frederick Charles at the castle of Glucksburg, the family seat of King Christian 1X. From Keil, Rendsburg and Fickenferde there has been ® perfect Tush of visitors to the Dannewerk, and the ut- most astonishmont is expressed ibat the Danes sbould have abandoned 90 formidable a line of in- trenchments witbout ap attempt to efond them. demolished, are parte river, and bristling with guns of the largest calibre. But the radical view of the Danish position was tha it was far too extensive for their army; © guard the whole line from the estuary of the Sebley to Frederickstadt ut least double their foree would have been required, and as soon as their loft wing was turned and their communication with the sea endangered they had no other alternative but to retreat orto accept battle under the most unia- vorable auspices, when dofeat would have been ruin and success was almost impossible. What js diffleult to ac- count for is that they should nave neglected to etation armed vessels between the mouthsef the Schley and Arnis, The advantage of such a measure in military opera- tions, conducted im the vicinity of navigablo rivers, has ‘Deen sufficiently demonstrated during the course of the American war: and notwithstanding the inferiority of the Progsians in artillery they might bave hesitated to risk ‘a passage under the fire of a flotilla of gunboats hanaled with the ekill and daring of a Foote ora Farragut, It is this circumstance that gives some color to the suspicion that the retreat of the Danes is not go much a Btrategical as a political movement ; that the Danish government have yielded to the urgent representations Of England not to ombitter the struggle by a further eftu- sion of blood, bné to allow the Austrians and Prussians to occupy Schleswig, which they had promised to evacnate after the stipulations of the treaty of London werefulfilied, and that the encounters that have taken place hitherto were oply intended to save appearances and to satisfy the national pride dy a decent show of resistance There is probably more toundation for the statement that the Danish commander-in-chief, General de Meza, whose courage and copenlts ae undoubted, although he bag now fallen a vietim to Popular clamor, was opposed ‘all along to the plan of making the Dannowork their base of operations, and had pointed out to his government the impossibility of defending it effectually with the slender force at bis command; but that the Copenhagen press bad insisted so strenuously upon its impregnability that neither the King nor M. Moprad ventured to take the porvepett ity of abandoning it, and that he was thus constrained against bis better judgment to ittemps its defence. So much js certain that, in a strate- Gieal point of view, their present position is infinitely More favorable; that its attack presents far greater ob. stacies than that of the Dannewerk, while it can be held by a much smaller force, and that as long as it is in pos- seasion of the Danes the allies will hardly be justified in continuing their march into Jutland, as they in their tarn would run the Yisk of having their communications inter- rupted hid the Danish army, which must be still nearly thirty tl 4 strong, aod to which reinforcements will undoubtedly be sent from Zealand and Funen, and per- haps from or England, If they bad taken up this position jn the first instance they would have saved some three thousand men in killed, wounded and prison- ere, immense stores Of ordnance and munitiuns of war, and the moraleof their army, which must now be con- siderably impaired by the depressing circumstances of ig appear to be as hearty ip the Phebe as the most zealous patriot could desire. lo sooner have the Danes turned their backs than Frede- Wed or mee ye at Fe Eg are fo ‘to wait upon al jn, where he Deen residing since the entrance of the Prassians into Kiel. As yet these demonstrations have been tolerated by the Austrian and Prussian Marsha) Wrange) bas issued incompatible with the action adbere, at least pro forma, to the treaty of London. inbabitants are pursuaded that thie the Danes will soon return, avd that thi brethren to caring much the feel the ou that willgbe Dreadth of the fatheriand. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. The V: Fbilt and The London Times has an article on the Parliamentary debate upon the seizure by the federals of certain British ships. It treats the alleged murder on board the bark Saxon as ® most eerious case, and says any negligence in demanding and urging the punishment of the crime will dean abandonment of the protection which the State owes its subjects. are of the Laird Rams. LANATION OF THE ACTION OF THE ENGLISH CABINET. In the House of Lords on the 11th of February, as re- ported in the Hrnarp of yesterday morning, Lord Derby, after referring te the deiay that had occurred in follow- ing up the seizure of the steam rams at Liverpoo! by any legal proceedings, read extracts from the correspondence of Mr. Adame with Mr. Seward, in which the change in the policy of the British government as to the construc- vion of such vescels was represented as a concession to Pressure or something like menace. The whole of this correspondence had been published in America and lai before Congress, including the despatch which bord Russell stated had never been commun!- cated to Dim by Mr. Adame. Why, there- fore, was not the lish version of the corresnond. ence laid before Parliament? Its production could not affect any questions pending in the English courts of law. They only had to decide whether an English statute bad been violated by the parties who constructed the vessels ‘that bad been seized. He could not see what injustice or ‘meonvenience could be done by the production of the whol For the sake of the government it no time should be jost in publishing an authentic Engliah version of what had already been given to the world. He also asked what remonstrances her Majesty’s government had made against the toreats of the government of the United States to pursue unarmed vessels attempting to break the blockade into British Earl Reser, in reply, said:—1 think the beat couree I beg oy we Ill be to refer as shortly as I can to the care of the iron-elad vessels, taking also some notice of the correspondence with Mr. Adams, to which the noble Earl alludes, Early in thesummer it was a question pro- ductive of it anxiety at the Foreign Office to the Under Secretary of State and myself that two iron-clads should be building at-Birkenbead, which, ae wae generally be- Neved by persone who, th they may have been prejudiced, were well inf |, would be used in the fervice of the so-called Confederate States against the shipe of the Le States employed in Dloekading the Southern ports. po ort g! naturally caused us great anxiety, and we vored, as far as possible, to secertain by inquiry the truth with 10 these ves- seis, Now, it is well known to your ips, and ro from the intercepted of the Confederate States which has been published, that it was part of the policy of those States to empioy in this country agents who were to fit out and equip vessels of war for service against the United States. We naturally endeavored to ascertain how far these instructions had been acted upon and what had been dono. But we were met at first, as we might have expected, by every kind of ovasion. clared very positively that the French pool had eaid that these account, and that they were imtended for no other pur- When, however. 1 came to Jnquire about thie, the Fi lal which the poole” earl ‘ban . 1 te rather to him on the let of ber thas we bad not at tbat time eviderce sufficien for the Of convicting the ‘engaged in fitting out ‘bese vonvete, butt ‘wo wore atil] making inquiries, and that the utmost rodject tor whveh vee re ergo a jee Y i ‘unfortunately did hot notice that mare of my ‘that we bad come toa final deci- these vesenie, But in thie be was y wan pea tornenn, that Woe vices wore ‘a: a ‘vyersels were in. oon! sub.ect, to whom 1 have before alluded, wih the Pasha of neypt, Tt was neweesary to ascertain whether that story was true and we found that i¢ was as une wes ; statement. Paving dor ing been ‘ward detained, and a fow Me. Adi tyrtarally enough, wishing to credit for bis . ributed tho eelstire to. the efieck ot FEBRUARY 29, 1864. Deen come to. At the same timo I took care, in a private Bote, to acquaint with ibe facts Mr, Stuart, then tp charge of adfeirs ot Wosbingion, ‘The Marl of Deasy—! do not refer to all tbe vigorous notes, but 0 the jast note, dated the 5th of September, and the noble ear! say the decision of thagovernment was taken before that, but upon the previoua day, the 4th, the noble earl wrote to Mr, Adams to say that tho matter was still under the serious consideration of the governmont, and it was not until the 8th that the de ¢igion was announced Ear) Rosemit—It not before the most vigorous notes were written, at least before we received them, the decision bad come #0, I ¢.mmot say exactly the date of Mr. Layurds note, bus i was written Defore Mr. Adams was informed of the decision, As to the general question, I must say 1 think Mr. Adams ie Lot wrong in saying shat if a considerable Lumber of versels aro sent from this country armed and equi ‘and furvished with crows, and that those ves- sole armed vessels to attack the blockading vessele of a country with which this country i# at peace, if such expeditions are fitted out i the ports of ber Majesty's do- minions, it is, ip the Orst place, a great affront and inentt to the guthority of her Majesty and in defiance of her "eB proclamation of neutrality—(hear, hear)—and ext, itis taking part in the war iv favor of the Confedo- rate and aguinat the United States. We, therefore, anzious to ascertain what were the real facts concerning these vessels; whother were intendsd for gy Other person than the so-calted Coufederate The noble cart compiuing of delay, which, bowever, ie proverbial in law, and thas no decision bas Deen vome to. The nodie earl complained of of Davi tent abroad to obtain evi ; but that not an ofoeual course in pro- coed Jaw, and ip. cabo it wan pecuharly neces- sary. we consultew® tho iaw officers of the crown about giving to Parliament the papors in this case, their observation was, ‘these papers could only be given in a partial form; the partial production of the papers would Jead io public inquiry and discussion, and the govern. ment must either suffer from having their case only par- Wally stated, or they must sufler by having thoir case ina courtvof law forestalled by a discussion in Parliament,” and therefore !t was their earnest request ‘hat her Ma- jenty’a government would wot produce the papers. I fee! myself bound by that opinion. 1 feel that I should ‘be doimg an injustice to the law officers of the crown—to the case of the government. if I were to provent the due consideration by a court of justice by baving their whole cage provioysly debated in Parliament, with the aesist- ance of papers which the government has produced. Therefore, upon every cousideration, upon the opinion of the Jaw officers of the crown, and upon the Dest judgment I can form, I say it would be prejudicial to the course of justice if I wore to produce these papers. ‘With rospect to the other cases, ae to which the noblo ear] bas inquired—and ! have informed him, as he bas said, that if he would give mo the namo of any case about whieh he wished for information, 1 would be ready to give it—I must now say, not having very recently turncd ‘My attention to the case of the Springbok, although I did consider it some time ago, yet, without notice, 1 am not able to state at once the précise position of that case at present. But there area great number of cases, and if the noble ear) will jeave i$ to me I will look over the papers. There have been more than one hundred cases, 1 suppose, in which we have had complaints to make, and have received from the government of the United States more or less satisfactory answers, But there ie a statement which } made last year, and which J beg to repeat now, which is this: When it is declared that a case has been sent t© a prize court, and when we know that there is ‘an appeal from that court to the Supreme Court, which is ‘8 sribupal of very high authoriyy among a friendly pation, T will not make it a matter of diecuasion; and I would ap- peal to your lordships and to the other House of Parlia- ‘Tent vot to aliow yourselves to be placed in the position Of @ court Of appeal against the Supreme Court of Ameri- ca, but that you will allow that court to pronounce such decision as it may think proper. If that decision should de of an extraordinary character, or that we should have any cause of complaint against that court, of course there would be further discuesion; but at present it is not 80. Iwill also say again in reference to all these often intricate and difficult cases in which the rights of neu- trale are concerned, but in which are lixewise concerned the rights of belligerents, we have bad controversies and correspondence with the Amerloan government; but I must request foes, oat Jordsbips_ will allow me to consult the law of the Crown and to act according to their advice. When the law officers tell me that an effective blockade has, in thoi opinion, been establiebed at certain ports in the Southern States of America, | take that asa good legal opinion and rely upon their authority, #0, again, when they tell me that a ment of a er yiespoy arte | and a i g i 5 i detail fe ftgede ports ‘be made out in respect of a particular vesee!, of course that vessel becomes a belligerent veesel. But that, like many other matters, remaing still under discussion. 1 ‘will endeavor to look over the papers or state what | believe to be valid reagons for withholding them. (Hear ) Lord Palmerston om American Naval Captures. During ® debate on the subject of federal American cap- tures at sea, ip the of Commons op the 12th inst., Lord Palmerston raid :-—! hope after the discussion whieh bas taken place the honorable Member for Horsham will Dot press for these papers The greater part of the papers: for which he has moved relate to quostione atill pending or under diecussion between the two governments; and, ‘as was stated by my honorable and Jearned friend the At- torney. |, Injury to parties concerned would arise from the premature production of the parers moved for. ‘We have beard this evening the cuckoo cry frequently urged in thie House by thoere who like general agsertions better shan particular proof, that the goverp:nent are in ‘the babit of bullying the weak aud truck)ing to the strong. lentirely deny it. The government are anxious on a occasions to assert the rights and vindicate the honor of the country, whatever be the we 1b to accom. plish these objects. I think it right, however, to state with regard to the government of the United States— what bes indeed been already stated by my honorable: and learned friend the Attorney General—that we Rave no rearon to mistrust the and independence of the tribunals of the United States w) have to try questions such as those now under discussion; and it is but due to the government of the United States to my that they Dave invariably received our representations in a spirit of equity and justice. And in proof of this—to show that when we had a ais case of remonsirance justice has been done to us States—I need only refer we the case of the (‘‘Bear, hear,’ Jaugh)—in which the government of the United States very handeomely and properly did justice to the demands we made and the Tights they did not deny. Therefore | think it is prejadi- cial to the good understanding between the two govern. ments, wbich are on good terms, that we ehould here ac cuse ® foreign government of what it is not guilty, and exproas mistroet of ite equity end fairness when nothing Das occurred to justify os in making these imputations. 1 think it only right, in ae the government the United States, to that such accu- > boo ey that nothing has occurred (0 war- re. gations are rant them. (' it of the Alabama, BOUT TO SAIL—SHE MAY BB_A CONSORT FOR THE PIRATE. (From the London Times, Feb. 12. It was currently reported on 'Change at Liverpoo] on Wednesday afternoon that in afew days one of the fastest fecrow steamers afloat would leave a Hritieh porton a cruise after the Alabama. This now steamer has been purchased, and ie being fitted out at the sole expense of two first class Engksh bovses—one in London and the other in this town—both of whom have suffered heavily in consequence of the depredations of the famous Confede- rate cruiser. The pew vessel, it ie expected, will steam three or four knots faster than the Alabama ever could do, besides being mach stronger 2 ing guce of such @ ealibre and constroction that ti chances of the Alabama being able to cope with her will be hopeless. She will be commanded bya man who bas already gained much noteriety in connection with ocean navigation, and in whom Captain Semmes wi!) find a (09 ‘worthy of bis steel.” The miesion of this new steamer, while it will be chiefly to hunt and catch the Alabama, will also be directed againat the other Confed- erate croikere—Goorgia, Florida, Rappahannock (should the lateer get to 8@n) and Tuscaloona, Airoady two barks veft — coals for the ‘new comer,” which will be discharged at one of two ports which this vessel will make ber rendesvous, ie steamer, of couree, will act ID conjunction with the federal cruisers now on the lookout for the Alabama. We pent that this action on the part of Britisl prompted LA peers Be ante a pe aad sae in i. ruction of new merican bottoms, ao hy fact rot nt also from the itherto all the efforts of the federal navy to capture the Alabama have boon fruitioss, The Manchester miner ake, *'Can this be another Confederate dodge?” The Privateer Pamporo Tr! {From the London Times, Feb, 18 On Thursday, the caso of her a tion and act of equipment, fitting out and fur ishing of the said yearol, that it might be employed in the service of the Confederate States in order to commit hostilities aga’ tho United States, the two hostile parties being dor ignat- ed, and the intent and act of the equipment described 10 the different counts in a great variety of ways, in con- clasien, the joformation prays for 8 OF forfersure its tackle, apparel, furniture, &@, There was ing made (or the crown aa pu suer, and for the owners and builders separately as de- fonders, A brief prelim: disoussion took place, the result of which was that the defenders agreed to put in @ minute of denial, setting forth that the information was bad in Jaw and untroe in fact, and throwing themselves on the country—namely, by appeal to a jury. Mr, Gordon, for the builders, who ha: lien or bond over the vessel for part of the price, which would be defeated by forfeiture Of the ship, said there were several objections which oc- curred to them, and which they hoped to have an oppor- tunity of stating, either in a preliminary debate on the relevancy or on the trial before the fury, Mr. Gifford, for the crown, said the defenders must put in their pleas ‘and take their stand upon them; and till he saw them he could not pledge himself to any particular course, but he could assure them that no obstacles would be thrown in the way of a fair trial Lord Ormidale said that perhaps it might be desirablo that tho preliminary points should be to some extent opened upon, 80 as to see whotber they could be disposed of at once, or whether tho whole cane showld not go to the jury. ‘The case was then adjourned till Saturday. ZO. PB TO THE EDITOR OP THE LONDON TIMBS. In reference to the ietters of the assignees published in your paper of this day and of Monday, we beg on behalf of Mr. Pearson to send you an extract from the exa mina- tHop of Mr. Pearson, a8 fled by the sworn shorthand To the statements there made Mr. Pearson adheres. Hho has never said that any of his assignees were engaged oF connected with him ‘‘in blockade running ” All the virtuons indignation which they bave displayed {8 entirely unnecessary. Your obedient servants, ISON & LEWIS, Eoticitors for Mr. Pearson, 2A Ow Jewry, €. C . Feb, 11, 1864. Mr, Bagloy—Now Mr. Hall is one of your aasign- een? Yes y. Did be supply the powder shipped on board your ships? es. And Mr. Westmoreland is another of your assignee, Did he Insure the vessels? He insured one of the vessels. Only one? Only one, | think. And the fourth assignee is Mr. Samuelson. Was he tn- terested in the ships empwyed in this American trade® He was a little. Theo all these gentlemen who are tho assignees were connected more or less with these adventures to Ame- rica? Yes, THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR. How Engiand’s Diplomacy D¥fers From that of Austria and Prassia. {From the London Times, Feb. 13. | In the discussions between the two German Powers and England it seoms likely that it will be deputed to Prussia to puzzle the adversary by explanations, and to show the complete identity that exists between maintaining the treaty of 1852 and depriving the King of Denmark of half his domivions, From the intellectual capital of Berlin proceed the most plausible theories for recon- ciling duty with desire and despoiling a neighbor without giving cause of complaint to men of justice and honor. The Germars make a great deal of the study of law, and certainly, if the talent of their politicians for what we call special pleadings is due to their education, the influence of early training bas been ‘very powerful. The manner in which every act and ut- terance of the government receives its gloss from the ‘writers supposed to be in its confidence shows with what skill all parties are carrying out the work of mystification. In a Berlin paper, said to be the ministerial organ, we now Bave the latest German views on the identic note of the 31st of January on the war, and on the question of the succession to the duchies which 1s to follow on the close of hostijities. Lord Palmerston’s speech on the first day of the session gives the Norddeutsche Zeitung a text on which to comment, and to show bow Germany has been juatified in what it has done and Jn what it je about to do. * * . * ‘With respect to the assertion of Lord Palmerston that the Diet has no right to decide who shall be Duke of Hol stein, the Berlin journalist replies by a counter argument shat the European Powers would be still less entitled to do so. But it need hardly be said that no euch preten- sion was ever advanced by the Furopean Powers. In 1852 Denmark proper, by altering its own law of succes- sion, and buying with hard cash whatever rights re- mained to the Augustenburg family after their open trea- son—a transaction jn which, a8 Malmesbury showed, the present Prince, & grown up man, realiy concur- ‘by procuring the renuuciation of some other jntervening persons, caused the united crowns to devolve upon Prince Christian of (ilucksburg, the present mer and Duke The foreign parties to the treaty of 1862 did not make this they only united to declare that it was and advantageous, and pledged spect it—a pledge in which Prussia and Austria joined, ‘as wellas nearly all the chief minor Mates. Thus the arrangement ; King of Depmark 's actually duke, not by the appoint- meat, but only with the assent of Europe. As to the sat of the to decide who shall reign 0 each State lowed had promised to jovember constitution. inasmuch ag England bad no power to which she gueranteed, ‘How could she Prevail on the Danish Rigsraad to take that step?’ But this ie the merest sophistry. International guarantecs are like other guarantees. apd England would have Promised that if Pruseia and Anstria abstained from the invasion she would take care that Schleswig was not united to Denmark in the manner provided in the consti- tation. If Prussia and Austria had been sincere they would have bad no hesitation in accepting such security, which the power of this country and the relations be- tween it and the Danish government made equivalent to certainty. When such reasoning is used to defend the policy of the war, we can have litile confidence im the in- tentions of the two governments. Recognize the enbyrg: By letters from Fraukfort we learn that the Bavarian Minister, von der Pfordten, was to move im the Federal Diet, on the 9th instant: — 1, That Prince Frederick Christian August of Schleswig- Holstein:Sonderburg Auguetenburg be recognized as the legitimate Duke of Holstein. 2. That the authorization given by Duke Frederick VIM. of Holstein to the Privy Councillor Von Mobi (on the ‘2ist of November, 1863), to represent him in the Bund be deposited in the Federal archives, and that an authentic @opy of the same be given to that statesman. 3. That the suspension of the Holstein ‘-voice,” which ‘was deoreed on the 28th of December, 1863, be doneaway ‘with, and the right to vote for tbat duchy given to M. von Mob). } 4, That the right to take resolutions in respect to Lauen- burg be reserved. &. That the foregoing resolutions be made known to the former (Danish) Minister for Holstein and Lauenburg, and also to the Privy Councillor Yon Moh! Naval BEngagemest off the Coast of England. A PRUSSIAN VESERL CAPTURED BY DANISH MEN-OF- war. [Great Yarmouth (Feb. 2 correspondence of London lows. For some days part considerable excitement bas pre- ‘vajled at this port in coneequence of rumors that ee i Danish vossels of war were cruising outside for the pur pose of intercepting Austrian and Prussinn merctant vos- eels trading to English porte. On Monday the sound of distant cannonading at sea was distinctlysbeard at Lowes- toft, and it wae confidently stated that a naval engage- ment had taken place between the hostile Powers. ie report, though not confirmed, hae received somo support from the fact that a large Danish frigate, accompanied by a gunboat, was fallon in with by the fishing smacks off this coast on Wednesday. Those vessels turned out to bo the Danish corvette Niels Jue), 460 men and 45 guns, and ‘a powerfal iron-clad gunboat. According to official intel- ligence received here this morning they captured yes. torday evening @ Prussian yeseo!, and, baying removed her crew, and puts prize crew on board proceeded to Orfordness, with a master of a fishing smack as pilot. Lord Paimoerston on Eng Op the 12th Instant Lord Palinerston, in reply to tion in the House of Commot id —I think we seem to be getting very much into I pleading. (Cheers. ) Jadhore entirely to the statement which the bonorabdie gentieman bas road, and I adbere to the piain grammati- ea! meaning of the words of that statement. (Hear, hear.) What we d was that there should be a protocol signed in London, in which protocol Deomark should give a diploraati agagerment which might be more satiefnctory to Austria and Prussia than the direct pro. misee to them which they appeared to think were not sofliciently estrong—that im that protocol Denmark ve jpiomatic engagement to Austria and Pruasia, taxen in the presence of the other to revoke the constitution as soon an the conld be assembled and the B by could be We proposed that England, France, Russia and Pweden being witnesses to that engagement, Auetria ana Prussia abould accept that «diplomatic security in lieu of the territorial security that they wanted to obtain, We no guarantes, (Hear, hear.) Eugland gave no ntee Other than being a witness to the epgagement, vould bave been more binding o| Denmark ortion made on ber part to Austria and ‘e thought that a reasonable proposal, and we thought thata very sufficient security, bu Austria and Prussia being tent upon cbtaining great renown and great military plory, and thinking (hat thas was to be got by attacking the smatl State of Denmark (bear, hear), do- clined that proposal and said that tt was too iate. 1 never said that England woe to give any other guarantee u the security which Auvtria and Prussia would bave obtained by the formal and diplomatic engagement of Denmark, made in the presence of the other Powers, who were withostes to 1s, and the consequent greeter moral Obligation on the part of Peomark to make it good than would otherwise have existed, Lord R. Ceci asked the noble lord whether he could ive the Flouse any information as toa statement which ppearod In a newspaper, which was suppored to be jnformed, that an armiatice had been proporod by t. upow the basis of the ewacation i 4 tho Istand of Alsen, by the Danes, He wiehed know whetbor any such proposal had ‘emanated (rom the Gritieh goreromeant ‘Lord Pacamnaron- Hor Maorir® geveroment, @ com. PRICE THREE CENTS. cert with the governments of France, Russia and Swe den, and in concurrence,! believe, with Austria, have suggested such an arrangement to Prossia, We do nob know with what success. (fear, hear.) THE LATEST NEWS. Rewpanona, Feb. 12, 1964, The Danes on the 10th were posted about an Bour’e march from Duppel. Liverroon, Feb. 13, 1864, Is is stated that Pruseia has refused the armistice pro- posed by the great Powers, THE EXCITEMENT IN FRANCE. An Advance to be Rhine Frontier Look-~ ‘or. (Paris (Feb 12) correspondence of Londen Times.) The freedom of and the dobates in the Senate aro at this moment, however, of slight consideration, as compared with he’ aspect of affairs in the North. ‘The public are in intense anxiety ag to the the French government in the complications, which seem to imcrease every day—almost every hour. sisted up to the last moment im nopingithal, France would keep out of them, do not conceal thelr fears (bet will not be possibie for her to do so, We hear of sending a corps d’armee to the eastern frontier, nome’ days ago of thé Marshals whose advice the Emperor / wished to have. It ia faid that the pro’ opinion of those high authorities ie wt thousand men should be despatched to the Rh Of course assurances will be given that nothing menace ing ip meant to Germany, but yet Germany will nob hear of it without some emotion. While the Germans disinember a neighbor to complete their frontier, they can bardly complain of France wishing to round hers off also, [Paris (Feb. 12) correspondence of London Times, } Napoleon's sivisers or tempters urge that if, ime of deing divided as hitherto, Germany ie con. aed under the power ul direction of Austria and Prussia, the only counterpoise for Franeo against two great Powers, suaring probably the same senti- ments towards her, will be in tho more completo organization of Europe, not on treaties which she and they seem to have repudiated, bub on the solid basis of nationalities: Italy, he is told, ia ready and awaiting tho first signal from Paris to perfect her unification. Poland still struggles on with the hope her complete reconstitution ; while a Seandinavian dom and a confederation of the Danubian States would give France a vast advantage over Russia and Germany Treaties being now torn in pieces ag they are, each Power has a right to look to its own interests. Such are the reflections which are said to recur often to the Kmperor's mind, and which are not always kept georet from sone who approach him, What they may end in itis hard to say. His Majesty is known to hesi- tate, but he never abandons an idea he has loug caressed, except when (the carrying of it out i proved te be impossible, The Latest Markets, MONBY MARKETS. Lonnon, Feb, 18—Evening. Coleols: for money, 907¢0. a 91c. ; Iilinole Central shares, 24 a 22 discount; Erie shares, 60 a 62. Lonpon, Feb. 14, 1864. Consols, after official hours yesterday, closed at B16 The Paris Bourse closed heavy on Saturday. > if. 85. 66 Frannvorr, Fed. 19, 1864, Tho Rank of Frankfort has reduced ite rates of disequn® to 4 per cent, Sr. Parersnona, Feb. 13, 1864. ‘Tne bank rate is reduced to 8 per cent, LIVERPOOL MARKBTS. Livarroon, Feb. 13—Fy: ‘The sales of cotton to-day were 7,000 bales. 2,000 to speculators and exporters. The market je ua- changed. Breadstuffs very dull, but steady. Provisions were quiet and steady, Produce quict and steady. HAVBR COTTON MARERT. Havas, Feb. 13, 1864. ‘The cotton market opened firmer: but closed inactive and tending downward, Salos of the week 7,600 bales; eye} Dales; New Orleans trea ordinaire 862%. do. bas 847f, ARRIVAL 0 F THE CHAMPION. News from Colombia and the West Coast ef Mexico. Heavy Treasure Shipment from San Francisco, &., The steamship Champion, Captain Jones, from Aspin- wail on the 18th inst., at six o'clock in the evening, ar- rived atthis port yesterday. Annoexgd is her specie lat:— &e., &e. Dewitt, Kittle & Co . A. & Rosenbaum & Marcus C. Hawley .. Duncan, Sherman & Wolla, Fargo & Co. Total. Our Panama Correspondence. Panama, Feb, 18, 1864, The Pacific Mai) Steamship Company's steamer #t, Louis, Captain Hudson, from San Franciseo on the $d instant, arrived this morning at seven o'clock. She brings two hundred and eighty-two paseengers and the following enormous shipment of treasure—the heaviest that has arrived for a very long time: — For England... ae 92,046,457 For New York........5 > 407,067 BOs cc rgesnoes cone ce girs cee ones $9,952,608 ‘The advantage gained by the America was very small, when we consider that sho came direct, while the &t. Louis stopped at Acapulco. The detention caused by this stoppage makes the passages about equal, which is doing remarkably well, when we consider the amavoldably bad condition the bottom of the St, Louis is in, copper off, de. There is no Mexican news of any importance, A pri- ‘vate letter states that the port of Acapuico i# not armed, and could be taken possession of at any time if the French admiral saw fit to do go. The steamer America cannot poss!bly leave bere before Saturday olght or Sunday morning, a8 she takes ina very large supply of coal. News from Bogota, by the steamer Christopher Colon from Carthagena, states that Congress bad assembled and that resolutions bighly complimentary to Gene Mosquera, as a soldier and patriot, had beon' offered. It appears to be the settled opinion that ho will Pye every means in his power to rotain his position as Pr dent, and few doubt that be will be success(ul. 1 eopy from the Star and Herald the following translation of a document or notice that has appeared in Panama respeot- ing General Mosquera. It about tho ‘biggest thing,” in its way, that I have ever yet seen:— Ifithas once been said that there was not room enough tn Colombta for the glory of Bolivar, we, for our say that for the glory of the mod cible Mosquera there will be hardly space enough on t tof America, A hero, like Bolivar, a repub) vast contin Wasi ington, and prodigious, like Colum Hike tiem, Will occupy (ric) am imperishable «ian iinmorta: monument of gratitude in y Colombian, Talk abont George Washington or Abrabam Lincoln (I take these two names as they no to be considered on a par at the North), they sink to. siguidcance in comparison with Mosquera, secording to this writer Ing new to record unlit the next Tho steamer 1 abail bay steamer from the south, due on the 20th. from Central America is also due on the same day, Panama, Fob, 18—2 P. M. General Alvarez, who commande tho Mexican troops in and near Acapulco, has his forces stationed so a8 to de~ fend the approaches from the interior, and at the same time hold in ebeck the lower classes in Acapoleo from committing depredations in the city should the French army advance upon it. fe bas asked Admiral BeW, com. manding the United States naval forces im the Pacife, if bis safety would be ‘anteed if desirous of leaving the count ry in one of the United States mail steamers, The reply was that if ho left in his oficial capacity no pre- tection could be afforded, but if he vook hie departure toerely as a private citizen, to save his life, he should not be annoyed. ‘There i@ no news from the interior of Mexico whatever. Alvarez bas close! every avenue whereby information can be received. The blockade of Acapulco is maintawed by the Froneh team corvette Daesia, end the barbor ts closed to everything but the mail steamers, Returning Soidters—Reltef tor East T Boston, Feb, 28, 1864. Re-enlisted men from New Hampehiro regiments, nam~ dering four hundred and fifty, arrived here Inst night and proceeded to Concord to-day by a #pecial train. Private subscript! for the soforing people of Bast Tennessee now amount $) 2,000.