The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1865, Page 8

“EUROPE. Arrival of the China with Three Days Later News. Eail Russell's Defence of England’s Policy Towards the Union. His Grand Plea of Neutrality ai Pricndship and Condemuation of the “So-Called” Confederates, Lord Palmersten’s Speech on the Defences of which Canada and Chances of a War with the United States. TIF ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, &C,, &e., &c. Th Cunard steamship China, Captain Anderson, which Jef: Liverpool at. eight o'clock on the morning of the 86:4, and Queenstown on the evening of the 26th March, ived at this port early yest@day morning. 1g news in three days later, Sir Frederick Bruce, the new Britieh Minister to Wash- ‘n, '3 @ passenger by the China, ‘The King of the Belgians was on a visit to Queen Vic- ‘Yorin at Windsor. te Im the House of Commons Mr. Ayrton asked if | may say Ms governiuemt Intended to ask the sanction of Farl'ament to guarantee the money required to complete irom Hattfax to Quebec, ‘when the colony was prepared to carry into effect the eonditions upon which the guarantee was to be given, goverument would be prepared to fulfll the engagements, Dut, as at present advised, he had no intention of asking Parliamnt for tho guarantee at this session, ‘The Spatiish government announced in the Chambers tha; it would reduce, by eighty reals per barrel, the duty | blockade en foreign flour imported into the Antilics. bl The weokly returns of the Bank of France show an | danger to the friendly ‘mcrease in the cash on hand of over two and a quarter ‘Malilions of francs, Advices from, Bombay, India, of March 1%, report ths markets at a standstill and prices nominal. Cotton ship- ments for the fortn'ght 50,000 bales, Exchange 2s. a %d. The rate of interest has advanced 1 por cont. © At Calcutia, March 18, imports wer2 weaker; freigh! Qrmer. Excbauge 23. At Canton, Caina, February .15, markets were un- hanged. AtShanghas, China, February 21, sbirtings ‘nchanged; tra and silk improving. Exchange 6s. 4X4. At Melbourne, Australia, Febraary 24, trade dull. Bhipments of gold since the departure of the last mail, 61,250 ounces. ‘The Edinburg and the Pennsylvania reached Liverpool ‘ebout noon on the 24th ult, _ THE AMERICAN @uzérioy, ./ erument would give uj Mr. Cardwell said | another case which was the subject caus) that was not ensaged; not for the in! eply worthy our position, so long as they . ae ay oe aa do ~ justice BOW as OD aDy OF t sl ving | to ir ers @ state of “nee. ad +h put into my hands which ouzht to have | Without the slightest expectation of the government of ‘because it contained an assurance on the | the United States meditating any attack upon our Cana did not | dian provinces, I do not see why we should not do wiat the com- | all continental nations do—namely, erect such as being tie | are ne essary to protect th ir frontier, Now, a gv0d deal despatch | has been said about the great length of the Canadian chiefly to | frontier; but upow thet point I need hard!y way more than that it was never it u that if any d-mand were up n the sube.t of the Trent, that ton would be fas Wildeed “by “Whe United States Tne | Ways beim despatch Was not put into my hands, and there- | engaged in wo tore 1 could pot pul i wen had mm | nation is there m left with me, and et 5 ee wt, tt would have given no satisfaction, 1 certainly be | one but al ed, and my noble friend at the head of th: government rtify the most Vii 'so believed, up to the jast moment, shat it was entirely n of the enemy @ matter of uncertainty whether the United States gov- these or wi er they would refuse to and withhold a jon, And now as to the manner ia which these demands were In the first place, I wrote to Lord Lyons, and begged im not to make any demand in the frit invance, but to | the object be the permanent annexaton of | acquaint the Min.st.r with the nature of the aches, | country, that can caly be accomplished by the onqucst | requested would name a day | of the whole country, and more especially by tho re- | when the despatches could be put into his | duction of the most important painis, 1 can cortainly after consulting the Proaident. ap- | never be attained to me the course it was most courteous to take. And {iam bound to say, in mentioning these that there is one circumstance with them does the highest credit to the memory, good taste iscretion of the late Prince Consort, At th> last moment, atter her Majesty had approved the despatch, we received a letter from the Prince Consort, in which operat ons of that tended. of the country. (Hear, hear.) Not only would an attempt of that kind prove impracticable im the aso of Ca:ucia, but it must al- practicable in De invaded at any moment by 4 powerful neighbo pieces? All, then, that can bo from time # Ume be judged expedient. (iar, heur If ( anada be invaded by the United States or any other ‘enemy, the invasion must either be made with tho | object of permanently annexing the country oF of | inflicting upon O:r arms @ huiniliating defeat, 1 Fgprercnaming fe pouty, toned may very largely ex- Above all, to inaure the fanpexalian o. Canada, itis necessary that the enemy should possess hitné it of the line of the river St. Lawrence, the great artery the points which command the navi; river—namcly, Montreal and Quebec, to maintain that front er intact. the case of any continental nation & powerfel neizt! What reat Europe, fur insiance, which eanuot it a ! points, and to trast for t to suoh further oper: eas himself of tion of that if we, therefor, He must also he said shat ame cf the sims wed in the despatch | can plac the line of the St. Lawrence and the might be , and other ints which command its navigation in such a state of phrases, which he thought migiomeet ‘more easy for | defence as to enable the Canadians to resist the uttack the government of the United es to the request. | of an enemy, it ts reasonable to suppose that, if the ob- which it conveyed. These phrases were adopted by the | ject.of tho cnomy be sanexalion, be will, first of all en- overnment and embodied in the aud, ‘deavor to ascertain his chances of success at those points. foes, tend:d ip some degre: to render ths document more | Unless he can sce a prosp.ct of success in those direc- acceptable to the Un.ted States who | tions, he will hardly think it worth while to incur the were called upon by its terms to perform a duty in | expense and the loss of so @ nomber of men as cenformity with the law of nations and regarded by the | must necessarily follow a he attempt. It was cal- people of this country as an nin Geamerell aria But | culated that the number of troops required to garrison it 4s said that, while we displayed great in acknow- | those two places was ‘men, but it was Jedging the South as belligerents, we were guilty of great rf ‘inthe care of the Alabama, and upon this point LT have only to state that the evidence on this subject was furnished to us by Mr. A: and that the tpformation which we recelved was immediately laid before the law officers of the crown, and that on the very morning of the day on | yer they reported the Alabama left Birken- head. On this question, however, I will say no more, moyabla force of t because d may forma matter for discussion teteen the | cable asa defence of those provinces. In conclusion, ho government of the Unied Sates and our own. I do not | gaid, if the House adopted the view of those who thought Wish in any way to forestall that discussion; but {think I | we shoald leave Canada to harsalf, he hoped it would say we have done everything which elther in- | go at once, and not d:celve the Canadians, Others sug- teriational law or the laws of th’s country demanded of us in order to prevent the attacks made on the trade of the United States by that vessel. was, however, of much discussion, end in res] to which considerable irritation was created. Ai the Alabama had sailed from Birken- | vulnerable, and ho' head other vessels were built, the construction of which | less cost than by the proposed by the government, amounted in {tself to an armament, and furnished evi- | which he hoped would bs approved by the House. ~ dence of a hostile purpose. The owners of those yeasels Mr. Disrauss, after confess ng his dislike to the manner were in correspondence with Capt. Bullo.k, the agent of | in which the government had brought forward their the Confederate States, and we had every reason to be- | proposition, he should support the vote, though he lieve that those iron’ rams were intended to break the ef the Southern ‘ports, wh ch had been estab- Now, it seemed to me that if those vessels were allowed to proceed from the of Liverpool the ubmrt relations existing between this rae es ‘United States would have been the re- sult. I could States would have alls was up, strong places, go that the dissented from Mr. Canada. Mr. Briont raid tha blockade, which had been acknowledged by the | the main authorities of this country, and not make demands with | fence of- which we might not have found ourselves able to com- | He 1d BE I therefore took what was a very sirong measureon | London his swyet I ordered those rams to be detained, and tg | Mterwards directed that they should be seized for the | tled to call uj aa of ting them from committing acts of ndit-re, ostility. We subsequently had placed in our the la? There was no pros) contract by which the agonts of the Confederate States had greed to gell those rams to M. Bravay, who said they were not intended for purposes of hostility against the United. States. The question, however, remained to tried, and we came to the conclusion that, though the mo al evid nce was complete, and though we believed fection to the vote. Lord PaLuxrston It is a the legal evidence to be complete, that there might still rr, the honor, of this be circumstances which would prevent a conviction from ‘cornéry; and 1 hold tt to be of th impor. that it would the character of the nation in a case like this, 1 hows an tgnxle ui thing it we th Dp peter oe ieycmeg tices land rhe: sake desirable to have thirty-five tho:sand, the government plan, he believed, was perf ited another mode of foope from the colony, and, if necessary, acting u| the enemy in another quarter. But they were bound to show the pots where the United States, wit ali their great harbors fortified, and with ennm us armics, could be considered war with America most improbable. fighting men, and this number, supported by a scries of ‘would be equal to three hundred thousand ; result of an invasion would be uncertain, He ada was to may get into a war with that of Washincton, and Canada be made the battle field, this country bing enti- mn Canada to bear the chief part of the ex- if 80, what advant: of rica and Canada alone. should taxed for a policy not ‘This uestion, it is not a local question, it is an ¢mperial in Te tsa question which atfecte se Petin ond the interes and the duties and likewise a thousand or twenty-five thou- wont sand men, meking a ‘otal of sixty thovsend men. Hethen noticed the military force in the colony, consisting lunteers and milit a, and observed that it was quite possi- ble that the western provinces of Canada might not think sufficient provision was made for their defence, but that of vo- rectly practi- by withdrawing our yw we could attack her weak points at Can: might raise two bundred thousan Lowe in his views of the future of he objected to the vote, because of the expenditure for the de- borne by the colony. the doctrine that the Cabinet of was the connection to sald—tir, this fs not a Canadian ea 77 Te land, because Sie were not involved—but for the unanimous House me * | of private considerations, where no injustice had been or two points Karl Russell’s Pleas of Defence and As. | done. I there‘ore regret very much that the noble earl express m) surance of England’s Friendship for | opposite took the course which he has taken, been laid down. the Union. and that he should have everything juestion as if there In the House of Lords on the 234 of March Earl Rus- | in lis pete to prevent our stop) tha war with the geil, in laying on the table the despatches from the | vessels, w! h might otherwise have gone broken the is posal of ‘Minister of th2 United States, said—I wish to make astate- | Diockade. 1 will now say that is every reason len danger ment in regard to tne relations betwen this country and | hope that, as the ports the Sowhern Sta‘es have been us. Now, J the United States, My lords, ons of these papers is a | tured by the arms of the United States, . Nothing that letter trom Mr. Adams, in which he states that hs is | have Arther: risen a2 to the brealing of 1¢ blockade, the hartile disposition om the ©ommanded by the President to deliver to the British | impriunmen: the crews of vewels, and several other (ucs- therefore I do not ernment a notice, dated March im regard to the | (tons towc\ing the maritime righ’s the two countries, will we expect war to nation of thé Reciprocity treaty ween this coun- *, and that there will be the less reason to end But is it try and the United States, and stating that this treaty occurrence of hostilities b:!ween us and the United States. country ins will terminate twelve months from the date of | I mustat the same time observe that the impartial course with some the acknowled of that notice. Mr. Adams | which her "s govirnment has od has, soon to take also encloses the vote of the ‘ich has | from time, to timo, been impeded endangered is fonnded Deen approved by the President, side of the North (Hear.) Rory. was no ‘longer for the | interest of the United | who were comstantly stat we were acting in a | country which is able to do it tier if Btates that that treaty should continue. Coupled with | manner hostile to the North, oot om the other, by those | neighbor is a powerful State which might if it large oe this notice 1s a notice given with respect to tho armament |. Who were as ceustantly violating the neutrality which her | attack it. But it is said that you cannot ond. of the lakes. Ithink it must be admitted that recent y ed, in the pursuit of tae Gorn pete Now, wtrly deny that proposition, ‘occurrences on the lakes—namely, the seizure of vessols | vate ends, be that as it may, I am satisied ) 1 think that ‘is assuming «conclusion Dy tha agents of the confederacy and other acts of | theres not the slightest pretence for saying that the | which no man is entitled to assume. Does the example Bostility—comple‘ely ji the United St in giving | course whith the pursued has net been | even of the war now going on tend to justify that con- ‘Retize of the termination «f the convention. My lords, it fnenag F morrow @ new minister will set out | clusion? The tory of the vast snd ‘was not to be expected that the United States should sub- | from this country to represent Majesty at Washing- | extensive. they eltempied to every prion mit passively to such acts of vidence without availing | ton. We greatly lament that is, owing to the | that ‘They have forti cortain Tan themselves the means of repression within | state of his health, unable to return to his post. (Hear, inte, and important polats, eithoagh the rest, their power. With regard to the Reciprocity treaty; A is no peraon to whom the country is more country have boen have resisted although I will not say thoro are sufficient indebted for the wise, calm and conciliatory line | tack—some even to this day, and others yet ro aro grounds with respect to the admig- | of conduct which he has pursued than that noble | three er four of the contest. » hear.) Look Bion of articles duty free into the United States | Who has never failed, at the same time, to main- taken? (Hear, hear. ‘which~ may induce United States government to | tatu the dignity and jhonor of the country, Sir. F. | Has not not Richmond been attacked for a wish for a renewal of the treaty with modifi. | Brace, whois it to take his place, has di shed | of tit ‘And what are its defences? y chiefly ations that may be more ‘and which the | himseif greatly by the firmness of his policy. has | earthworks, with a force behind them; and, thoigh United States government may consider more just, to the | acted in suoh a manner towards the Chinose ment | force is inferior in numbers to the force thi United States, When Mr. informed me of the | 88 completely to win their pe rgrrgr aed is conduct | ft, it has hitherto remained in The pet ry sear poebeplley rn pammmbgaial towards the representatives of the Esropean Pow- | mere occupation of territory by an army that traverses the President of the United States and the BPS of the | ershas been such as to obtein their concurrence in every | through it without rotnsing. ite fortresses {8 Do con. po-calld federate States, I expressed to has taken. Towards the British interests | quest. The is ted to &ermination of the Reciproc:ty ress and government of the United States would be ready to consider propositions by which a small aud Aimited armament might be kept up on the lakes, the purposes of police, at both sides; und also that @ renewal of the Reciprocity tresiy, spon terms {13 be agreed upon by both parties, mi Guring the twelve months to elapse before tho exist- treaty ceased ite Of course Mr, Adams not authorized to givo me any assurance upon the used induced me to trust that country and the United Slats showld con'inus as (ey are Row—f-a pacific aren, characer. (Cheers) And vory sorry that sepming, should ‘Chat we tend to pre- end wee accomplished, I Conf im a ho which he when he should present to me the ‘notice of ‘hs in China he hae so acted that, while willing to listen to th and obtain redress for their just ances, their unrowsonable demande. That being 80, he a) for | me to be should choose lo vepreent her in the United S' hope that under his awpices th: friendly relat ight be nezotinted | Wetwo ¢untries maintained, (Cheers. the man whom it is des:rablo her will be ) t land Willi To Learn. In the pia pe pits oar ihe 234 of March Mr, might as well {t would bo necoseary for the sec: W. Ewart asked whether it was the intention of the gov- Tite o€ this country that we should line our whole coast crnment to send to the scene of war in the Un'ted States | with defensive works, because we may be attacked any military or medical officers towtudy and report on | at any point of that great and extensive fro the progress of mil ‘and medical science asit was | tier, (Hear, hear.) I maintain, therefore, that there exemplified in the ‘in that r. is nothing that has t, nothing that is nae passing ‘The Marquie-of Hartington said that military officers | taceen thi "1 of the United Sta'es and our had be 'n sent to Amcrica from time to time durifig the | ment fes anyman in saying the voatio progress of the war. Th:re was at Washington a naval | between the heo comntrics ere a circum. atla~hé, and it was also pi to send there a military | stances gx, to ae ume a lotina oon atta-hé, The government at Washington made no objec- | But, then, the honorable canbe for Ciratagies says allude ‘speeches declaring that this country North American provinces must arise from political dis- ‘has behaved srreatally to the United States, peer etroee fend the United States. And, there. comatal Vt, thal friendly sie -a that thelr best rity svat ta, foritentons oct mn] int, an an unl *pl u or Shows throughout thors transactions, |My ins, the | Fremeh Supporters of the Amertcam Brith suppor, buh iu separating from Great obvious of ee'guch as these mst be that (March 24) correspondence of London Times j Britalo. fa the first place, ‘Fadividuafy in the United States who are tx furor sf io Monat eo eee ciready preparet by | be the wish dt tnelina the Canadians, bilities with this must know that there is in this | qno-oppontion, not, however, including the names of Canadians are most anxious to maintain ae gh my to take up the view thut the rs and Berryer, will probably give rise to a long | "#'o" with thes country. are proud United, States are in the right, and, therefore, that they | and animated disc“éeion. poe ee The | Connection; they think it for their interest; they will be wanting in proper tn proper regard apportion Se ee on ved to add after the nineteenth, | Willing to make every exertion that thetr Tor the national interests hey jonal honor it they | paragraph, We 'd from the commencemen| ‘enable them to achieve, to 0 not complain loudly of the conduct of this country. | Dur “aympathies for North America, ‘Thanks to Reréc | Wom wit the cherie of | thie | Country, I ask your lordships to attend for a short time to the | ¢7or¢. slavery ie abolished, We shall be y to noo | Fore, that. connection apd prevent statement which I have to make, beca:se I cannot but | ¢he p we) the Untted Slate, the being” aosprued a nm Fi rane or nip niry and thie coun. ¢o ve . ¥e hal ey 7 SMe! A | it: ve ‘wron| accused upon eve cout for tl J ion which Sects’ foie, Sue of the chief complaints. pat for. | ‘rub #aeR wil Baye oad ule of rer and Of a nation, when we And” the ‘ward is that this country, ina grat hurry and without cor “4 ‘fiige Tights to what ~ knows Anything of the law of nations kui well that acountry may pat down insurgents who rige against its authority, yét that a country has no Fight or power to inter‘ere with neutral commerce unless Mt acsurhes the position of a belligerent. (Hear, hear.) Bat that is what the United States did, The President of the Un'ted Stntes by his proclamation declared that the ‘consts of ‘States were in a state of blockade, and that armed vessels belonging to those States were to ll ape There came representations sul from hor Majesty's Minister in the United States, but in the fastance | there merely covered ‘despatches from A 4 Mi commanding her Majesty squadron in those waters, asking how he was to treat the armed yessels of the two parties. At that time Lord Campbell held the high office of Lord Chancellor, and of course we sonsulted him and the law olficers of the crown as to what should be done, Lord Campbell declared, as we all supposed he would do, that there was no course but one to pursae—namely, (0 regard the tlockrd: on the part rf the United Stats aa the exercise of a Uige nt right. And as belligerent rights cannot be confined to one party, but @re usually exoreised against somebody else, our advicers wid us that we were entitled t» reorgnize the cxist- ence of dilligerent rights om the part of wth the emta'ant:, and to declare her Majesty's neutrality between the two partics, (Cheors.) And this, ac- cordingly, was the course which we recommended. The proclamation .jn that sense was approved, if not actually drawn @p, I believe, by my learned filend the present Lord Chancellor; and the course of neutrality thus adopted certainly received with favor, and, I believe, commended itself to the sentiments of the coun- try as the right course for us to take. It is said now that wo ought to have awaited tho arrival of Mr. Adams. I know not what Mr. Adams could say on the subject. If Thad told ~ colleagues (hat we must wait for ifim and ‘consult him I believe it would only have caused embar- rassment in the relations between the two countries. He could scarcely have ay wed anything which we did short of taking the ‘of the North against the South. But, then, it fs said, if the pr: cl uation of neutrality was not sito cother wrong, at any rate {t ought to havo been de- fayed, aod that tUbtriondlinoas was shown in the manner of its promulvation, I coneetve that there was nothing un- ing uncourteous in the declaration; but, on that it was the proper course for this coun- try to declars at the earliest moment that it meant to take part nether with the North nor with the Scuth, but ty remain entive'y neutral in the contest, (Ilear, hear.) Bo Mt observed aléo that from the Isaue of that proclamation on the 13th of May her Majesty's sv))jocts were bound to take no part in the contest, and were warried that they would dieubey ber Majesty's injunctions if wey gave ald to one # de or the other, Your lord«hips all remember the affir of the Tr nt. Tt is said wth rogard to that affair, fs with regard to tho proclamation of neutrality, that tho of Mav government wore and ua “wo | porfecdy | CHANCES | siro to inaintain their connection with this country. ‘and our ‘e « The Defences of Canada. OF AN AMERICAN INVASION OF THE COLONY —IMPORTANCE OF ITS DEFENCE AND DUTY OF THE COLONISTS. colon’al State runs from a more powerful seme In the Howse of Commons on the 23d of March the | neighbor Mrige Geeta that may exist bet ie ca a E eaeeTe ie Tae | Len fly”, “Ghgpove than provinces ee 11, superinte ental n- pro bullfines and. sopelrs..el, home asd from this country—suppose them erected diture for, wor! said:—I will not detain the House in replying to a question raised by an honorabie member, because it Dears more upon the general subject of our relations with the United States than upon the details peopeene by the Sapte for the defences of Canada. I think it may convenient to the House if I state, as shortly as I can, what are the views of the government, I may be toca in the first place, to express a ope that the House will to-night diroues this upon ita merits solely, and not again enter into sideration of the posalbiity of hostilities with the United (Hear, hear.) I do not feel called upon to ex- & ony opinion as to the wisdom and prudence of en- nyt on discussions of that sort, It might perhaps, be better that we should, on both sides of the Atlantic, k- lead ao stronger smaller State with hear.) Is there many afford. should desire to ly state what our fears and uit ms Of each other are, « the rebellion (f the South. We won't ae ‘an’ it ts possible the very discussion of the differences | his maim, and think that we lave a righ! to suppres, betwon us and our na of each other might | rebellion gy the North American pr. vince, (A laugh.) We tend rather to improve our relations; but, on the other | should & different line, no doubt, and if these hand, I should be inelined to fear that words inad- | vinoes felt themselves strony enoug’ siand upon ir vertently uttered in the heat of debate might tend to | own ground, and if they should d sire no longer to main- excite animositics which might be icetive of danger. | tain their connection with us, we should say “God speed Whatever may be the opinion of the House upon this | you and give you the means to maintain yourselves as & point, there is one thing which I feel sure is not ne: sarily mixed up with this question—that fs our with the United States, The real facts of the case are these :—Four years ago our North America provinces had upon their borders a very great nation—not then a t military nation, because then the United States the smailest eoeene army, Faaniag = hy # mG pam} 3 Be neighbors, in the world. 1 people were maintain their connection with us, ue did not to military matters, and their men de. | old to agit them in mainiaining their portion. (Hoar, voted themselves to the pursuits of peace and hear.) I think that the government are perfectly right eschowed those of war. The Uni/ed States, however, have | in proposing this vote to the House, We are of opinion buome a great nation, and have command of ar- | that all those examples which my right honorable mies as large as any which can be wielded by the great Pow. | friend behind me (Mr. Lowe) has adduced are not crs of Burope, and atthe head of there armies are generals | applicable. o hang bw of. (Hear, hear.) Although our North American colonies cannot compete with the United Stator in size or commercial prosperity, yet they are, it must bo admitted, a great nation, and are on the high road to bon atill greater nation. These colonies profess @ wish to remain indepen and distinct from their | fications now proposed. great neighbors—tne United States; aud they also | ans and some by t profess, in the most unmistakable lancunge, thelr de- It such are their wishes it seems to me that it is not strange they should desire to place themselves in such a position | (Hoar, Hear.) My right honorable friend the mem- 48 not to be depending upoa the forbearance of their | bor for Calne “argued in a manner somewhat ront neighbors, however long they might imagine that | inconsistent with himself, for what did he say? Ho says that yo forbearance might be extended. It keems to be only ‘Vaited Stars can Worthy the posinon of our North American colonics, and she connection, to do and remain united with Great Britain? (Hear, 2 But, sir, is'it true that the only danger which » into @ monarchy, & republic, or any form of government—are there not motives eo" neighbor to pick a quarrel with the policy of great a bet ei “The oele vading y military States? exam) of the world should teach us that as far as the danger of invasion and annexation is concern d, that would be increased to Canada by a separation Great Britain, and when she is deprived of the protec- tion that the military power and resources of thiscountry (Cheera.) If these American that fell unconsciously from the honorable member for Birmingham, who maintained that the Ni rch was nation!” That has not happened; but, on the contrary, they much dislike the notion of annexation to their and cling to their connection with this country. And I say country—(cheers)—it would lower usin the eyes of the world; i would weaken our power and Lave fnjusricaas to rar positicn in the world, {f, while they desireto i" do what we so deep in Canada that if an army should mareh it could only be in one beaten track, and that it would be impossible to carry on siege know that warlike operations 1 summer months, and we think that we can, by the forti slate of defence that, wth the exertions of ber own population and asaieted ts country, #he will bs abe to defend herself er provinces desirous of ‘that which we may have the means them to ma‘ntain that other that & view to its annexation? (Hear, from ‘we should not adopt the maxim it will be disgraceful to this juences operations in winter. We st be limited to tho —some to be made by the Canadi- his country—put Canada into such the military foree of this vm allacl, Wy cavnot defend Canada because the briug @ militury force into the feld week, ond So-caypan te bales, became Map AExIOMA plerss and further declined ie peo ney in a 1d a. Jb., makin; Sige’ber bb, ant 1a the, case of EayD NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1865. much superior to that which pa ht honorable geu' leman came on oath lo de- fom Ci he but you should deend Where "Why, a you aro net able United » in Canada, ins where you have a large army where you can ry ww forces to those of the Canad should oe ition aud an ex; you ud attack the pe »ple of the United States in theirown hotes | aud in the ceutve o thei ow resoure bring a larger foree to ri pol (we invasion. where they oan we are unable to d fend Cancda we shail mot how: much teller pr pt of sucess Y we land an a my lo a’tack New Yak 0° aay 0! important city. the honorable gentle- uM ir, Bey ek) will b Melently eetistied Dy pro- posing this amendment, and shat be will not think it ue- cessary to disturb the whanitnity of che House by insisting upon our going to a division, (Hoar, hear.) The Cw Lord BR. Cveil asked the fecretury of + for the Colonies whether it was the intentou of her Majesty's govcrnnt tO leave to the several North Américan «1. nies (ull dissfetion whether they would or would nut join iu the new scheme for a confxioration; or -wh-ther they intended to ask Parliament. to udopt any dobypulsory measure for enforcing it upon tose Wu@ migul be ad- verse to it. Mr. Cardwell eaid that the goverument bad pg other intention on thi. ot than thas bh had already been commune y the Houre. They had expressed their entir the sche: ‘would be ready, if it were ac islature, to pro- pose the necessary me che vlow of carry ing it out. The Atlantic Telegraph. Captain James Anderson, of China, has been appointed to eom: during the laying of the Aantic Tei¢.raphcable. The Great Eastern will sail from Valencia, Ireland, about the 1st of July, and may be expected at Heart’S Cont ut, Trin-ty Bay, by the middle of that month, There were si teen hundred and sixty-two nautical miles ef cable completed on the 2ist of , and the whole tweuty- three hundred miles willbe made and ou board of the Great Eastern fn May. f ‘The English Admiralty have agreed to order two. pow- erful steainers of the Royal Navy to accompany the Great Eastern trom Ireland to Newfoundiaud, end also to diect Vice Adm:ral Sir James Hope to afford such assistan ¢ on the approach of the expedition to Newfoundland as may eee ecadontly: éxpéoted that, It is confidently ex; it Europe and America pe be in telegraphic communication before the 20:a of uly. Commercial Intelligence. THE LONDON MONEY MARKET. afin the London Times (city articic), March 25.) e English funds this morning opened at an improve- ment of 3¢ and remained steady to the cloee, chiciy in consequence of the character of the returns of the Banks of Engiand and France, the former showing a further increase in the bullion of £126,000, and th iter of £815,000. The first and last prites of consol: re 89}; ax for delivery, and 89% a % for the account, Reduce: ‘and new three per cents left off at 8734 a 3. The market for foreign securities has boon very heavy. ‘The Confederate loan closed at 36 a 36—a recovery of one percent. Mexican remains at 2644 a 26%. The weekly returns of the Bank of be ren show an increase in the bullion of £426,378. Notw.thstanding this large increase there had been no change ia the bank’s rate of discount, which remained at 43 per cent, The Bank of Hulland had reduced its rate of discount from 4 to 3g per cent, and the Bank of Belgium had done the same. ‘Alphonse Gillot, a dealer on the London Stock Ex- change, had proved a defaulter to the extent of nearly 210,006, under, it is said, very disreputable circumn- ‘stances. He had left the country. London letters of March 24 state on good authority that tho rebel quotation protested drafts would be paid on Sat- March 25. Douglass & Co., of London, and James Smith & ©o., of Liverpool—one éstablishm«nt—suapend:d, Line bilities £300,000 to £400,000 sterling. AMBKICAN #TOCKS. rte ‘States 6 per cents were rather flatter at 6334 a Loxpox, March 25—Evening. Consols clos:d 9 89% for moncy. AmErioan . T0CKS.—Iilinois Central Railroad, 55 a 56; Erie Railroad, 3134 a 8234; United States tive--wenties, 83%. THE PARIS BOURSE. Panis, March 26, * The Bourse is firm. Rentes closed at 67f. 35c. SPENCE AND COMPANY'S 1865. VERPOOL, March 24, 1965. ‘The cotton market has becn dull and declining all the pias. of the kly cir- of over 600,000 Oca, Lox. bor I are: aT ia; Uplands, 18a . ia wh ee — Fong na ober sarap ener ed Iness here, twansactions reported are all at lower rates, Baxaperorrs.—Witn bitterly cold weather been more firmness in the trade this week, have rather stiffened. there has and "s market there was a 3 i SHIPPING NEWS. TOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. $f} noon ore. morn 411 mIGH waTER. mora 6 29 pentose er orne A Port of New York, April 7, 1865, CLEARED. Steamship America (Brem), Wessels, Bremen via Bouth- pton—Oelrichs & Co. eateamahip BO Knight, Mason, Alerandria—W J Taylor & Hark Dunkeld (Br), Orerar, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres—J Norton Jr. a rk James Welsh (Br), Modill, Vera Oruz—F Alexandre on, Bark Reindeer, Wellington, Barbados—H Trowbridge’s ns. Bark Nipisiquit (Br), Rich, Cardenns—G F Dulley. Bark Placa tt ins, Boston—W H Brown & Co. Bark Vereeniging (Duteb), er, Bostan—Funoh, Metucke & Wendt. Brig Anna D Jordan (Br), Parker, Cardenas—TI D Brook- man & Co, Brig Udola, Whittemore, Neuvitas—Thompson & Hunter. Brig J 0 Clark, Freethey, Neuvitas—Thompson & Hunter, Sehr Geo Prescott (Br), Jounson, Matainoros— tall & jm Schr Ann Leonard (Br), Penney, Nasaau—I Fi 20, Schr Minnie (Br), Freethey, BC Fohne NBOMilse & Hough. Sehr White Sea, Beaufort—8 W Lewis & Co. Schr War Engle, Kelly, Beaufort—s W Lewis & Co. Behe Plow Hoy, ‘Fuller, i s . Norfolk—Bentley, Smith & Co, ne, Rowlaud, City Point—L Kenny, , City Point—L Kenny. o Brant & Slight. at, Frencl Sehr 118 Wood, French, City Poin Behr Willow Harp, Davis, Weahingt» —Baker & Dayton, Bebe Niger, Thompron, Baltumoce—Mout.-y, Smith & Co, Sehr M Smith, Barrott, Baltim i & Collins, Bohr tO Taker, 5 aanitts, Sehr G Hor Brown & Co. Sehr Native A’ rt—8 W Lewis & 06 dehr Dashing Wave, Hal), Gin Brown & Co. Beir Delaware, Oroel +e wae Oe. Rehr Defiance, Nasty * news Ate Bebr J Kustir ett & Son. Bebe Pla ‘Oo. Sehr Ht Gardver, fave M Higgn & Oo. Bour Re: =M Bigus & |'0. Behr Jan: mc ioh—tT okett & Bon. Bloop Lit River Bloop Rovt W w lliven—M Blogs & Oo, 4 Baidrayre—Wm AM Bieamor Octarora, You ARRIVED Steamst ip China (Br), Anderson, Liverpool 25, and 1, at4:2) PM, with mdse und rh, 1 strong head win ship Deslumbrantes (Port), Soare, Lisbon, 29 days, seit’ dork ac, 1 LB Auislick'& Co. path tae ‘Bark Clara Wabayaa (of Sundertand), Harrington, Shar h . ‘Aujier Lec 19. Cupe of Good Hope Feb: aad st ae. pos betters Ag ipa ae “0. sik Marigo (of Yarmouth, err, Rio Janeiro, Feb 21) with colTae, to Rodovauochi & Pranghiwdl. Maven & tat 16 S,'lon 31, spoke brig Caique, (rom New York for Rio Granday das ip from New York via “Rio Janeiro’’ (or iat 11 30, lon 38, ship Surrey, 23 days n for MelLouric. oi ¢ Pheodor & Jule (Nan), Lorenzo, Amo} Dee i, and St iu Feb 22 (wisere #ue put in for water), with ieus, to # Avcostura (of Gibraltar), Puller, Buexea Ayres Veb 7, with hives, de, to Hurbock & Halsey.’ ad heavy weather, Soiled in company wiih bark Jas BE Churebill, Seavey, for jew York. Urig Jeony (Sw son, ‘Rio Janeiro, @ days, with For, to. uiaste in WB," Int 27 18, 10n' 6B 3 naw 8. Le Schsoner steer owing a blue flag with red border, Mirig Oeean Betis of Vicks Talanda), ean Belle ot Ticks ones fi tags, vt hives, to Brett, Son a ee en ache Melncke as Wendi. Yirlg a tetor i ciselourne, NS), Crowell, Mayaguea, PR, I days, with sup 7, &e, to Brett Son.& Co. ‘ouge’ Cow Bay, CB, 16 days, with eosl, to soone, Hunter, Portland for Fortress Monroe. in, NB), Outhouse, Santa Oruz,12 days, with sugur ad noises, to PT Nevius &Son, The Jane has ‘anal Dag from Lue Conn Echr Fratcy Arthemus, Mitchell, Shulee, NS, 10 du; with spars, o Bowe Richardson. ry Sehr Minuic Rippher, Conover, Key Weat, with molass fron: the wreck of Lrig Prentiss Mobb, from Cardenas, ani vrecked at Key West. Sour 8 EB icown, Luforge, Virginia, Schr M I Mead, Nickerson, Phiindelphia for Boston, Schr E 8 Couant, Clook, Philadelphia for Boeton, Bohr Chociaw, Caleb, Eliznbethport for Basu. Schr Bramtall, Kicker, Elizav-thport for Porilind, Shicids, Weeks, South Amboy for isoston, Schr Albi qe ne, Rockland. Schr Juno, Leney, Rockland. Behr LW Pierce, Colting, Portland for Foriress Monroe. Schr Albion, Stocum, Provincetown. Behr Quicksiep, Hulse, Providcuce. Sehr Horatio Nichols, Wheeler, New Haven, Behr Expedite, Vranklin, New London for Phitadelphia. Schr D M Meserole. Ta; jewburg for Mystle. y Sehr Jane Schr Copy, Wheeler, PortJefferson, 8 Gaba, Asnariong Darin Challehign! Supfiabs trie jteamers lca; barke Challeny npiter; brigs v MT ‘Loods, Merlin; scbfa’ Caulins, Gou- JH Carver, Maria, stitution. Wind at sunset 8. Misccllancoas. Sreawsmrr } ona Suver, Capt Hildreth, will sail for New Orleans direct at $ PM to-day from plex 9 North River. This fine vessel has excelient accommodations, and fs very fast, Launcu—Messrs J B &J D Van Deusen will Leunch from their shipyard foot of Eighteenth strect, East River, this (Saturday) morning, at eight o'clock, the splendid side-wheel steambout Neversink, being built for Mr & Coraeil White, ‘merchant of this city. Her dimensions are as follows:— Length of keel, 180 feeth; beam, 2734 feet; depth of hold, 8% feet, and 86 feet over guards, being about 4W) tons, The engine is being built by Messrs Hubbard & Whiitaker, corner of Pearland Front streets, Brooklyr. Cylinder 40 inches in diameter and 8 feet siroke. The hull and engine are being buflt under the superintending care of Cxpt John Pease. very cave vnd expense has been used in all its parts te make her complete, Her model is such that she {8 expected to be very fast Sreamsnir Gomesti at Rio Janciro, was sold to the Bra aillan government on the 20th of February. Sm Exxcraic Saanx, Candage, from Shields for Portland, before reported ashore, got off again morning of Gth, without damage, with the assistance of a tug. Sar Wrron or tax Wave, Todd, from Callao for Cork, was at HioJaueiro Feb 24, in distress, i, Suir Mourrain Wave, Sears, from Boston for Calcutta, was at Rio Janeiro Feb 24, with loss of sails. Scun Watnus (Br)—Green's Landing, Me, April 4—Br achr Walrus, Like, from Cornwallis for New Yors, the wind Dlowing fresh and weather thick, struck on a lodge, near Marc Isle Light, und she was put ashore on Russ Isle, to vent her sinking. Help was afterwards got from shore, and the achr was into Green's wharf, where the leak partially stopped, and she sailed for Rockland, oy some other place, where she will be made seaworthy. No insur- ance. Quicx Passages—The Panams Railroad Co's bark Xanth Capt way. left New York March 8, arrived at Aspinwal left Aspinwall March 2, arrived at New York in 5 in April, in 12 days. maklag the voyage in &3 days, belng the Lavxcuxp—At Bath, lat fast, from the yard of E & A Sew- ath Steklo 28h ult, from the yard of J L Nash, brig Rover, 375 tons, owned by the builder and others, i Spoken, d&. from NYork for San Francisco, matt ere “Ellen "from Baltimore for Hong Kong, Feb id lat 1H, lon 8 WY, Be Cae ephentore pomannd hal oe aaa Portland for Cuba, April 6, South s_obr David Yous from NYork for, Savannah, with lous of ied no assiatance, tne as 80: lon 70. wa Mary Paton, Sete BW, Maree By iat 304, lon March 238i Sa ‘Morea, NYork ae ree eg fork. BREMERBANEN, jorma, Horstmann, Balti- metas Marck is Air Now Work (a), Wenke, NYork. Co Now York (0), Wenke, NY Richardson, for toe Teniy sece for United Benton’ Bkd Fob'h, ship Ane Caxiao, March 13—tn port ships PG Blanchard, York, te Mor Gork;, Ohateworth, and Auusorst, ur. Eero cepa marta ta Re | 00, arr ; steamer Emily B Souder, ‘mot repeir- ae Qualey, NYork. rr Moravian (8) Portland; ro burgh (8), and ), Grogan, Bid Ne fova Scotian (s), Brown, Portland; Garland, Jen- Git Bi, Florence Chipman, Jonee, Philadelphia; 34th, Bo. O'Brien, Veeper, Cantit and Helo Janeiro. we: out 224, Sokemen te) eee Halifax and NYork; Racbee font Fob 38 for Piiladelpnia): sin ora (0, Mock” (ansat Gravesend Sis, J Dimimock, Hayward, Ban Fran- “Moca, Jan Bun, Mathis, Joven Jai H, ake Pate: Mime and Car “WWarsaues, March %—In port schr Ella, for NYork eetpemertue, Mer i por, but 0 Moto, Faaard for Phi for NYork. oe ver, ‘ 2 Huo Jaweino, Feb 24—In_ port ships Witch of the Wave, from for Cork, in distress; Mount Bests tom for Caleutta, do, wrth Nova of et Sherman, 4 Hoe et ne ate Walker, Gulliver, for Fr |B, April 4é—Arr NYork; wr Alene apace, and AJ Dyer, ‘VaLraniiso, 3—In port shtp Milan, Downing, diag. Ports. March Si—Arr schrs Freeman, riand ied; ; Maria it hedel Sadell, YOrE. “= dth—Arr Rus shi Adolghing, Mepentlect, Mansanitio for egy iora ae ilo poruand :3P ton, Cid schra ‘Btar, Arr brig Ambrose Light, Stahl, Demarara; achrs B ounon boone Mayagued, Somet (Hr), Lang, Halirax. Cid Br brig Advent, Crow, Arecibo; oseway Belle, Milier, a Safe kS MONHOK, April S—Arr steamers Bsltio, Jore- ine, Onwego, New York; ships Vanguard, do; a, Be Elw ope, Wiscasset; schrs Adriat Bath; Al ir, Belfast: Redington, and J Fisly, Portlan Ossuha L Walsh, and Georgia, Boston; 8 Morgan, D8 Wil: Tana, elon Mar, Baw Watsoh, JM Bayh, ‘G Banker, AW ins, 6, and Exertion, yw York. there sieumer Thetis, Walden, NYork; ship Thorn A Crocker, Pi PYelia, dog, sclre Lovell; Rattler, E rench; © W Holm © Dart Lats B ‘na Simona, and EB De! Wm Jones, Mon ORLEANS, Marel i (Fr), Bite Gig Sarah Pe- Grinnell, A $ Bedunt rad Lowe, ste tana. NEW De Arr steamslip Merrimac, Sampaon, New York via Key Weat; barks I burry, Lae iy piel Josephine, Scott, Matanz.t hos tol ters, Lord, Bih—Below, ships Harriet, Mooney, from Boston: Mer- chant, Spragu Pipe, New Sores rigs Julia, from Mutu. zag; RB Gove, Washburn, from Pensacola. #ith—Arr bark Henrietia (Fr), Girattd, Bordeaux. Towed to nea 20th, ship E Hamilton, bark Join Wesley, brig Ida McLeod, schrs Bnvoy, J Kelly, W Hunter, ‘ PHILADELPHIA, sre brige Sam Gonall, Terry Wareham; Shibboleth, roridence. Cld barks Mary Br), Lord, ‘Cienfaego ween ‘of Beotta, Lock hart, en NU!’ brige Neptune, Kingsford, Key Wests Joove f procamaw, Nickels. Key Weat; Kod Sherman, k ort Royals 4 ac, Yates, Fort Franca, April 10) mehip Emilie, Bender, & sin etn Jonna, dos cl Ashford, Beau tt iy Leighton, Boston ene ieee Alice B, Chase, Ch. irl, Toye, wns; brige Rainbow mere ue As Daltott, Duncan, Io: to « tT Ellswortis Ww, M fort: ee Ate ahip CO Dupdan, Morry, New York; York; sei 4 days, with tous Sttaimahip Chas Menton, Salter, Beaufort, NC, 6 houre, with mdse, to Murray & ‘ephew.’ “ 7 2 A camship Che: 2, Suerwood, hours; zabethport; Rockland “ind poasengere: to HB Crotawell & Oe, ieee pains seh Willan ‘Colson, ‘for ‘cia nahi Pocthon've (of Bath), Parcer:Leghora 49 daye, pase rigs Ortson ‘Adams fant, \vanaj Badorus, ‘s Gibraitiy urea 4, With awe 4 J oP Castilian, Hardeabi ‘ortress- Monroe: Gnaitas bie, ings, &e, to Fabbiieoul | 49) Castilh isrlisdelphla; Col Ellsworth, ‘Bebiasos Bahimore, Sist—Arr brig Alamo, yer, Philsdielphi ¢ Monroe; Maria, Louisa, Robinson, fe n, Palke::)vum, Cutler for do; steamer 2 NYork, Cid schrs Western Star, Bearse, Moni lorey, Washi SAN PRANCISCO ite 2-Al Albrecht Os Franck, Mainburg: Tibi ship BH Lord, Baker's Istand, leaky. 23, ships A M Lawrence, Jor, and Dovid Crockett, Bur i, Vall Arracan, it mire, Callao; 25h, Aaset (Br Speddin. laniia; March 1, Bi bark Knight, Calo: 24, fair Wind, Taylor, San Juss del Sur; Live Oak, Alden, 0; bark Yankee, Val paraiso? 6th, Br ship Im , Hogs, Hong K ; th. ship Sportsman, Hawason, Valparaiso; bark Young ; Fuller, rlparalao: 9th ship Hera! of the M: ja y , ‘20th, ship B Dinsmore, Poster, lao, o . MISCELLANEOUS. [NITED STATES SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury the under signed has assumed the General Subseription Agency for the sale of United States Treasury Notes, bearing seven and three-tenths per cent interest per annum, known as the SEVEN-THIATS ‘These notes are issued Under date of June 16, 180, and are payable three years from that time, in currency, or are convertible at the option of the holder, into UNITED STATES FIVE-TWENTY SIX PER CENT GOLD BEARING. BONDS, These bonds are worth © premum, which increases the actual profit on the seven-thiriy loan, and its exemption from State and muniolpal taxation adds from one, to three per cent more, according to the rate lévied on other property. ‘The interest ts payable in currency semi-annually by ‘coupons attached to exch “note, which may be cut off and sold to any bank or banker. ‘The interest amounts to ONB CENT PER DAY ON A $80 NOTE, ‘TWO CENTS PER DAY ON A $100 NOTE. TEN CENTS PER DAY ON A $500 NOTE. TWENTY CENTS PER D. ONE DOLLAR PER DAY ON A $8,000 NOTE. Notes of all the denominations named will be promptly farnished upon receipt of subscriptions, and the notes for. warded at once. ‘The interest to 1th June next will be paid in advance by the local subscription agents at the time of subseribing. This ts THE ONLY LOA now offered by the government, and ft fs confidently ex- pected that ite superior advauta, GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE, ‘Less than $300,000,000 of the ‘Congress are now on the market: This amount, at the rate fat which its betngabsorbed, will all be subseribed for within four months, when the notes will undoubtedly command » pretium, as has uniformly been the ease on dlosing the sub- | scripUons to other loans. In order that cltizens of every town and section of the country may be afforded facilities for taking the loan, the National Banks, State Banks and Private Bankers through out the country have generuliy agreed to teceive subscrip- tions at par. Subscribers will whom they have confidence, and who only are to be re sponsible for the delivery of the notes for which they re- JAY COOKB, Subscription Agent, Philadelphia, ‘Manon 25, 1863. A K's popons: ki spine and kidney eee eae ie satus PRINCIPAL AGENCY, For sale by all draggiats, T GOLD, At GOLD PRICES BEPRIOREATD A’ Sitver Flated Ware, Caller oe Chins A D. DE. Suiars ees Broadway, corver of Twenty. 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