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FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. vgilis Co nnany is now prepared to ISSUE PO LICIES for 6 „ .4 ;eantile Insurances in the Port of London at t h e reduced , e of rates. r arti culars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- Kreet. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an Mditional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. Dnr ing the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Life t Policies , assuring . £1,221,603 111111 .-: the Four suc - ceding Years the number of Live Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £ 2,22 ' ,5 2 2 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. bThe SIXTH SEPTNNIAL DIVSION of the CO3l- ' 4 -NT'S PROFITS will take place on l 31st December, 1865. 1 . 7 111 , 1 Wgof,E PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMIT ;TED SINCE 31.81 , DECEMB, 18,58 WILL THEN 1 : 1 DIVIDED, AND NINETY PE R CENT . ALLOCATED —HONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING BeALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUT.ABILI rY granted, and every facility offered to lusurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ii, l nsuran - es granted both at Home and Abroad on t he most ets' terms. ~,Porms of Proposal and every infor . nation will be given at "le Read Off i ce, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, 1863. 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Security is provided in approved cases f or O fficers of Bank and Commercial Est , blishmests, Public Companies, 4tunicipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information li, na Y be otrained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, all-mall, London; and 39, Gorge-street, Edinburgh. THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). ( The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) be incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1 8 62 ," by Which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share 4. Capital £1,000,000, in 20, 0 0 0 Shares of £ 5O . First Capital 10,000 shares. Deposit on application Ll per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. .1t is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. Gec)rf,ye Walter Constable, Esq. 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I,„in the event of no allotment being made the deposits will r, returned in full ; should a less number of shares be al hebi,ted than are an led for, the dep , sit will be made avail able towards towards the paypient on allotment, and the balance, if 7, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLIUATION FOR SHARES. TO the Directors of the Consolidaied Discount Company (Limited). Gentlemen,--liaving, paid to your Bankers the sum of I request you to allot me shares in the Z Co nsolidated Discount Company (L imited), an d I hereby t firee 1 o become a member of the Society, and to accept such request or any less number that mav Le allotted to nd you to place my name on the Register of Members r espect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address .. Usual signature Date .......... TEA----MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is nova ready. They toP3escially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced d ixed 2 t a• ; Souchonz, reduced to 3s. td . ; mixed Assam, re : o 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. LA, 3s, lid. per lb. 'IOORE BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. _ PIGS ! 1)-------IGS I PIGST—INDIAN PIG without husks,supplied to the Royal farill;,, one cwt. and in every c ounty cngland, lOs 6d per cwt. u equal to t li ewt. bar,tree in Lon eY or any meal. Delivered affer, 66, don. Esablished 1858.--' MOMAS PEARCE, Ma ll — Lant-street, Southwark WMinEdAsLor„ SrAMP YOUR PAPER, ENVELOPES. INVOICES . & , c PATENT PERCUSSION EMB6SSING PRESS. The above would be found useful to youths at school for , with JONES'S embossing their Boob, Drawin Complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d. "' Papers, &c. The Press Note the Address :—WILLIAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and E m bosser, 3, Queen's -court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). R. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. an d HOUSE AGENT, SU iiVEYOR and VALUER, 91 and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge Rouse, opposite the Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the Particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property for s ale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which no charge is made unle ss a treaty i s conc l u d e d , an d then only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be Riven on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr. Reardon charges tne Tenant Only, and not the Landlord. Particulars of Property fur Bale and to be Let will be given i mmediat e ly. Direct full Personally. or forwa rded free of charge. N . B . —S evera l T ow n Iv rated to idences, ase Landed and Countßerynt and Punh Res , Properties, aid Farms pa rticulars to Mr. R eardon as above. NEW Season. - IKE A TING'S PALE i .i.d h p in COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported 'THIS VALUABLE 3IE `ICINE ~ , t ne into such general use, and ' being, r no ,4 v : r, late years Ztvely prescribed by the most emnent practitionAr exten "'ll and country, Mr. Keating can with the -- honfidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly p ur reatest _asteless, and free from adulteration, having be ~ n au : l trly reported on, and recommended by Prot Taylor, "i Guy s ; n / '',.t Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott. M.D., L.R.C.P., 1 -, . L.s u s 'fie•, and 1;r. Edwin Payne, 31 D., L.R.C. P., M.MUS., wh ( ;, fa that words of the fate Dr. Pereira, says that " The bf.st Oil - I , a ust which is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, eh n _ fi,:rm t "' this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic Tr a :ii i ' e ' t, a point of great weight with regard to its therapeutic HEATING, in Half-pints, is. 9a. ; Pints, as. ; Quarts, ss. Ad. ; and t Bottles, 12s. M. 'imperial measure, by THOMAS Che •t "9 SCP 1 Churchyard, London. mis , , au s IbR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER__ PILLS.—A NEVER FAILINGt REIIEDI.—Pre m the recipe of Dr. r,cl without any mercurial ingredient, ~ •_' o 2 . t e t indigestion, wind, , of Bromley, .tient, will be found invaluable to all who iveness, as a fa ' ulilY u rr r from bilious and iver complaints, For habitual t os a r l a , giddiness, cizziness of the eyes, &a and as a purifier of the bexcellent; mild in their opera tion lood, they are truly aperient medicine, . and grateful to ,he stomach, they create appe rite, pro- Mote di gestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. litmd on, and by most drug.l , 3 tB ' *D -cross -,- "'"Lambert, 8, Kin.,illiam-street, Chan g . Bilious and Liver Pills. The in boxes,lB. lid., and three e en t he quantity in one, - 2 s s. 9cl. Be sure to ask of Dr. gr e° e tt ? genuine are a square atm P e4}4 agei with " William Lambert," engraved on the DI BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Al a b as t er P ow der, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACII 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly. confidential. pRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &e., azc., To the Queen and the P.lnce of Wales. (Established 1710.) The jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manu f a cture. Ix. di s tinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX- CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, No. 22,306. NEW NOVEL. This day is published, in 3 vols., It E V E R. A Etory of English Country Life. By A CLERGYMAN. ilurc,t and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street F° Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. " This story will rank among the very best productions of its class. We have met with nothing of equal power or merit since the decease of Charlotte Bronte."—Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LAND IN VICTORIA. Price 2d. with, and Id. without Map; postage, ld. extra, THE LAND LAW of VICTORIA (Australia). By the Hon. GAVAN_DUFFY, Minister of Public Lands. London : W. H. Smith and Sen, 185, Strand, and 21, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin ; to be had at all their Railway Book Stalls ; and at Mr. G. Street's Colonial Newspaper Office, 30, Cornhill, E.C. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, •W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. Just published, gratis, THE REPORT of the Biturisl-i COLLEGE of 1 HEALTH. LONDON, for 18M. It contains a signifi cant remark on the excess of 23,000 in the mortality during the three healthiest months of the year. May be had of all the Hygeian agents throughout the world. TH E 0X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA. DEL DES _LINO— Verdi ; by the f ollowinz talented artistes —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, NV almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCIIALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. Henderson. In rehearsal, and will be produced on Christmas Eve, sup ported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TE R BURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best writers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be rapidly replace iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the elaer Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., &c., wia, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other. Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. 111,0 1 /AL ALHAMBRA.— CONTINUED and IMMENSE SUCCESS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE IMPEKIAL.—This Renowned Troupe, comprising the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World, together with the First Star Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, Clowns, and Vau ters in either Hemisphere, at tracts enthusiastic and delighted audiences nightly to this Magnificent Building, who behold with wonder and admira tion the Marvellous Feats of this far-famed Company. Change of Programme Nightly. Morning Performances, Mondays, Wednesdas 5, and Saturdays, at 'l' o. Two Grand Performances on Boxing Day, viz , Two and Half-past Seven. Admission—Private boxes, one guinea ; Reserved seats, Is.; Stalls and Balcony, 28. ; Pit and Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. Box-office open &By. On Monday, Dec. 2'st, first appearance of M. Jules Perez, from Madrid, the Greatest Rider of the age. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and. Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George- s t ree t , Camberwell-park, London. says: -- "I have found them fully equal to the recommendation w bi c h yoU gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend nd them to the clergy or the use of the altar." - Fi e nes t qualuitavy, .. .. . . Od per lb. with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. . Ordinary g VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best q uality • • • • .. IS. sd. per lb. Secon d quality •• • • • . .. ls. 3d. per lb. Th i r d quality is. id. per lb. Carr i ag e pad in London on Ord ers o f ri ve P ounds i n value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, 8, South 31°1ton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). - - - The largest Establishment In England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest a n d N°Josltluseful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to in the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue--no matter at rtt age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of ; it on a o yv n e_ t: e e contrary, is beneficial to the system, and \ - v t in the hair is once restored one application per month it in pe 3 r o fe t c: colour- va Price one guinea per bottle, or high est ottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the ra c a der h , and from individuals of undoubted respecta and co. seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell ness the pri nces e ,! l appointed Perfumers to her Royal High- TEETHTEETHthe constructio n ESK , lki ._ following advantages RLL'S INVENTION in n fiARTIFICIAL TEETH has the manship and mechanism, can of teeth, of excellent work be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and a n pain or extraction of stu nip .:` u ai eje c rs, in a few hours, without of mastication and articulation. to answer all the purposes wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves are fitted without gums, that they are quite i mmoveable, Y e e x B so perfectly to the of the wearer. Invalids or residents in thee at the option ad just these teeth to many changes of the mo:t7.ntry can without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always t useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. EskeiPs Patent, Sze., free for Inspection of specimens andconsultationstree.-B,Gr4:ZIC . street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bii: 1 IAIIIO4IO. ~~~'~~l~~ a~i~b~ , , ‘.:r , 0 , ,p. eZ,e-ce.0... VS PA 7, irtc .e ,. . zz Cl e Ta' / .;,:, ..i•arg•--.7:r7TP:‘ i `' , :le - ,..•: 4:7 ;,,--(* , '':' - ';'k-:\ - iki f t ... •-•,,,, .s - WNOI \:4l t 416............"'"'".......w."'"" , !, 0 algt,-)4ga_. i.'t . ... : ---, " .0. 04" P ----,,,• Aiic.. , -k,t,r./...,^047. 0 ;e:", THE GREAT FIGHT. I 2y . .4 .6 *4- 1 :, ' . .Sl', r ; , -----.- ,- , . 1- -- , ", •• f,,, __ -•••,, 46, ,fit , ~ ' fr ig. 1 . • -, -,;4111 s 4 1 •.1 , • ' A .54.14 ''''' . 117 .., ' : t . / qr , 4o ...„ )Pi • ' ' 4--7 # .. r ,,,,,, Air MARK'S-CAOSS, NEAR WADHURST 7 Tll k ki ' ' Ay- " 1e.... 7 .-.. : ':, : 1'.4 :" r xst ...ilk .4 ' ;,' , , t ' '' , ,) i , ~...1 10 N 'lldh.. 1 ",. - e '., 4* ..._ ie, 1.1. . 441, - _____., X. , ,i, V::: i f , 4,...... ,, ',‘ • This morning the informations which had been laid aglqt :e: y ~,,, . \•• .• ••• 4 , < ~„0 - ~, , \ S rut ~, ~, Of 4..... t -, .,': .....r. *.. k q , ' . I. ‘" , f;4 4,J, . • ',4 ..., l ' lf ' Ct ' * 4 ''-' t '',,.elf. l l o ...,,.. ',..-'*- • ' t. , - • x-P-- >_ .7„,,, „..t 7, , . br . 1: 7 ,---167 4 1 14,.... : 0 . 5 '--- .7"311.. V1it .. '41211 1T '.:" .4I '-' 4 1P ,.. 77- ...4,1 4'.7..'1' r?- f a- lnk- ' - 4 At •t - . the principals, seconds, alders and abetters, and others bb a •,,....4 . .- ..,, ..., 4, •• *76-, ‘~, ~,.,„ . 4. . took part in the recent contest between Tom King and . , ~, ',a DTEIf Tn.. it., .0 1 4 A•,,, ...tt -D R° ' Or , c, . _ -..t.„ 1 ., ~‘„. . .-,,,,u- ~.f., ~,„ , , --4„. 4% ',-- ...-, . Susse- - , le magistrate , .tir m Petty ex, came on f or h ear i n g before the magistrates sitting Sessions at the Justice-room at this place. The justices pr esen t were Messrs. D. B arc l ay _ (chairman), E. STAJIIPED ....sd. Hussey, 11. Dixon, E. W. Smyth, W. C. ;Holland, G. Field, and the Hon. F. 0. Molyneux. The defendants, upon being called, answered as follows —Thomas King, John Carmel Heenan, Thomas Sayer:, James Mace, John Calvin Noon, alias Jerry Noon, JeLn Tyler, alias Bos Tyler, Robert Travers, John Macdonald, William Richardson, and William Preston. Edward Smith did not answer, and Inspector Silverton, of the C division of Land= police,who had Served the other surninonscs e statal in reply to the Bench, that he had delivered the summons at the place of business of the defendant, Bell's Life, in lon. don, 170, Strand, and had been told he would attend iu the States are dependencies of the Government which is ad ministered at Washington. Great Britain has accordingly entertained with that Government the closest and most intimate relations, while refusing on its demand ordinary amicable intercourse with us, and has, under arrange ments made with the other nations of Europe, not only denied our just claim of admission into the f :roily of nations, but interposed a passive though effectual bar to the acknowledgment of our rights by other Powers. So soon as it had become apparent, by the declarations of the British Ministers, in the debates of the British Parliament in July last, that her Majesty's Government were determined to persist indefinitely in a course of policy which, under pro fessions of neutrality, had become subservient to the de signs of our enemy, I 'elt it my duty to recall the commis sioners formerly accredited to that Court, and the corres and a : enwnoeranrreo_wsfiigfhttihne: vas afternoon. Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, of 10, Basingball-street, op , peared for all the defendants except Heenan, Sayers, and Macdonald. Mr. Beard said that, as far as King was concerned, it was not his intention to fight any more, and that he thought the ends of justice would be fully satisfid Übe were bound over to keep the peace. The other defendants would also enter into similar recognisances, and as in the adjacent county of Kent it had been considered sufficient to adopt such a course, he hoped the bench would consider that would be sufficient. Heenan also assured the magistrates that, with Sayers and Macdonald, he would enter into any sureties considered necessary, and that, for his own part, he did not intend to fight again. The Chairman observed that the object was not so much to punish as to deter others from doing the same thing, and said that the Bench felt they must go on with the case. The following evidence was then taken : Mr. George Campion Courthope, a county magistrate, said on the morning of the 10th of December, hearing the fight was about to take place, he went to the Wadhurst railway station, where he saw a great number of people in a field. He went to the spot and found the space enclosed with ropes and stakes, and two men fighting within the ring. He knew the defendant King to be one of them, and fightingTo f h h er i s e believed Heenan to be the other. He also sew Tom Sayers, who acted as one of the seconds to Heenan. He thought he saw some other of the defendants, but he could not speak d w u i net duty, e the t s o e positively to them. He endeavoured to get into the ring, and said he was a magistrate. Some person said, " There are two magistrates here; will you kindly act as referee, for we are in some difficulty about one," but he declined. (Laughter.) gentlemen. He did not speak to either of the defendants to request them to desist, because he could not get near enough to them. r v i e sn r eg a e l . persons present why were apparently Mr. Christopher Ellis, an exciseman, stationed at Wad license. He did see sp_irixtsinsogldp hurst, said he went to the fight, and saw Heenan and King also saw Noon and Mace. Macdonald and Sayers were in Heenan's corner assisting him. He went there in discharge you went merely from curiosit y 1 1 sv ios et T h a e y r lo s r was in in King' o s ld cor w n i e t r h . ou ll t He Wm. Price, toll-collector at •Wadhurst gate, said that on being told there was a fight close by he went to see it. He Witness—Yes, and I would go to another. Who wouldn't ? Hill, one of the Sussex constabulary saw m r. the ß es two rd principals--Ki ng i l n c i pal supposes Y'• Ne. 66, said that having heard of the fight he went there, and found 1,200 or 1,300 people assembled. He could not get nearer the ring than the outer rope. He saw King, Heenan, and Sayers. On trying to get near the ring, two gentlemen handed witness back " very politely." (Laughter.) John A. Thompson, deputy chief constable of the Susses constabulary, deposed that he arrived at the ring just as the fight had apparently terminated. He saw Heenan on the ground. King was standing up. Witness could not idea tify any of - the other defendants as being present, but h e noticed those two particularly. Sohn Campany, another police-officer, who accompanied, the last witness, identified King as being present, Witness saw Sayers and others assisting Heenan into a chair and dressing him. The defendant Tyler was there with King, helping to dress him. Noon, Macdonald, and Bob Travers were - there. The witness saw King go round with his cap collecting money, and Mace went with him. Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—Witness saw nothing done by Mace except going round in the field with King to collect money. Superintendent Bennett, of the Sussex police, proved the service of the informations upon the several defendants. Inspector Silverton confirmed the evidence of the last wit ness with reference to the service of the summons on King, and remarked that Preston said at the time that King would not have won the fight if they had not poured water on his head. pondence on the subject is submitted to you. It is due to you and to our country that this fall statement should b dissatis faction with the conduct of the British Government. lam well a e made of the just grounds which exist for superior numbers an a d ga m in a s t t er t i:l e u re tm so o u s r t c ware that we are unfortunately without adequate remedy for the injustice under which we have suffered at the hands of a powerful nation, at a juncture when our entire re sources are absorbed in the defence of our lives, liberties, a g d thought it not extravagant to expect that and independence,. against an enemy possessed of greatly would be withheld fromoofouurthreeneenmemieise,s,hdoththate rig n h o ts a , id) conscious of our own ability to de fend favour, raisasti estofaou nor : , e, e wo s w i e r n i h n the conduct of . foreign ‘ nations wouldyxvwould u l e bd efforts s e . be s markedoo fc conducted ann Claiming diubneyfutueoa-d genuine impartiality between the belligerents. It was not British nation in B ea u : pptploao justify ig t f h ,y a it t nh a ec oF p r r or o er f se e pi s no s n e ddonnee correspondence Secretarywr st impartial observance of neutral obligations by her Ma jesty's Government has thus been exceedingly advantageous to the cause of the more powerful of the two contending parties." The British Government may deem thi s war a favourable ;occasion for establishing, by the temporary sacrifice of their neutral rights, a precedent which shall justify the future exercise of those extreme belligerent pretensions that their naval power renders so formid able. The opportunity for obtai nin g the tacit assent of European Governments to a line of conduct which ignores the obligations of the decla ration of Paris, and treats that instrument rather as a theoretical exposi tion of principles than a binding agreemen t, may be consi dered by the British Ministry as justifying them in seeking a great advantage for their own country at the expense of ours. But we cannot permit, without protest, the assertion that international law or morals regard as " imp artial neutrality" conduct avowed to be " exceedingly advan- tageons to one of the belligerents." I have stated that we are without adequate remedy against the injustice under which we suffer. There are but two measures that seem applicable to the present condition of our relations with neutral Powers. One is, to imitate the wrong of which we complain, to retaliate by the declaration of a paper blockade of the coast of the United States, and to capture all neutral vessels trading with their ports that our cruisers can intercept on the high seas. This measure I cannot recommend. It is true that, in so doing, we should but follow the precedents set by Great Britain and France in the Berlin and Milan decrees, and the British Orders in Council at the beginning of the present century. But it must be remembered that we ourselves protested against those very measures as signal violations of the law of na tions, and declared the attempts to excuse them on the ground of their being retaliatory, utterly insignificant. Those blockades are now quoted by writers on public law as a standing reproach on the good name of the nations who were betrayed by temporary exasperation into wrong doing, and ought to be regarded rather as errors to be avoided than as examples to be followed. The other measure is not open to this objection. The second article of the deClaration of Paris, which provides " that the neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the ex ception of contraband of war," was a new concession by bel ligerents in favour of neutrals, and not simply the enuncia tion of an acknowledged pre-existing rale, like the fourth article, which referred to blockades. To this concession we bound ourselves by the convention with Great Britain and France, which took the shape of the resolution adopted by your predecessors on the 13th August, 1861. The consi deration tendered us for that concession has been withheld. We have, therefore, the undeniable right to refuse longer to remain bound by a compact which the other party refuses to fulfil. But we should not forget that war is but tempo- rary, and that we desire that peace shall be permanent . The future policy of the Confederacy must ever be to uphold neutral rights to their full extent. The principles of the declaration of Paris commend themselves to our judgment as more just, more humane, and more consonant with modern civilisation than those belligerent pretensions which great naval Powers have heretofore sought to introduce into the maritime code. To forego our undeniable right to the exercise of those pretensions is a policy higher, worthier of us and our cause than to revoke our sanction to princi ples that we approve. Let our hope for redress rest rather on a returning sense of justice, which cannot fail to awaken a great people to the consciousness that the war in which we are engaged ought rather to be made a reason for for bearance of advantage than an occasion for the unfriendly conduct of which we make just complaint. The events of the last year have produced important changes in the condition of our Southern neighbour, The occupation of the capital of Mexico by the French army, and the establishment of a Provisional Government followed by a radical change in the constitution of the country, have ex cited lively interest. Although preferring our own govern ment and institutions to those of other countries, we can have no disposition to contest the exercise by them of the same right of self-government which we assert for ourselves. If the Mexican people prefer a monarchy to a republic, it is our plain duty cheerfully to acquiesce in their decision, and to evince a sincere and friendly interest in their prosperity. If, however, the Mexicans prefer maintaining their former institutions, we have no reason to apprehend any obstacle to the free exercise of their choice. The Emperor of the French hes solemnly disclaimed any purpose to impose on Mexico a form of government not acceptable to the nation ; and the eminent personage to whom the throne has been tendered declines its acceptance, unless the offer be sanctioned by the suffrages of the people. In either event, therefore, we may confidently expect the continuance of those peaceful rela tions which have been maintained on the frontier, and even a large development of the commerce already existing to the mutual advantage of the two countries. It has been found necessary since your adjournment to take action on the subject of certain foreign consuls within the Confederacy. The nature of this action, and the reasons on which it was based, are so fully exhibited in the corre spondence of the State department, which is tzansmitted to you, that no additional comment is required. In connection with this subject of our relations with foreign countries, it is deemed opportune to communicate my views in reference to the treaties made by the Govern ment of the United States at a date anterior to our eePer:; tion, and which were consequently binding on us as w e ll , on foreign Powers when the separation took effect.t was ge relates to internal partly with a view to entering into such arrangeme nts that t weas the change in our government had made necaedr9 pose of entering into the negotiations ProP e to those treaties. tive rights and obligations of the parties . relations t s proper wi t t o h to European add that . declined, as foreign As this tender on our part has been fit to thane eaties to which nations have refused us the belle be d• have tea g m ing on felt it our duty to send commissioners abror f f ix or:t h h e e r p e u lit r: we were parties, they certainly • nations these exclusively by the general are therefore now controlled us, and, in my opinion, our Message solely treaty obligations remarks are intended to applY „ s ments, and have no refer towards foreign Gov reference to right of individuals . rul,ershoef remainder n o a f ti t o h ns c : affairs, and concludes :-- The of hope last year ent ertained an early termination of The Could the war has not been realise d. carnage have satisfied the appetite of our enemy for the destruction of human life , g rief have appeased their wanton d or esire to inflict human suffering, there has been bloodshed on enough bo th sides, an d two lands have been sufficiently da r kened by the weeds of mourning to induce a disposition for peace. If unanimity in a people could dispel delusion, it has been displayed too unmistakeably not to have silenced the pretence that the Southern Sta tes were merely disturbed by a factious insurrection —and but it must long since have, been admitted that they wer e reserved rig ht to modify their own G ov e rnment exercising th e i r such manneras would best secure their o ov n rn h ni a en i t ne i s n s Bat athese consi derations have been p owerless to the un-Christian hate of those who, ion ') accus tomed to craw la r g e p rofits from a uni on w i th as, ca g nnot control the rage exacted by the conviction that they have, by th e ir own folly , destroyed the richest so urces o f their prosperity. T he y refuse even to s listen to proposals for the only peace possible ü b l e f tw w e h e i n ch u di a peace which, recognising the inapassableg vides us, may leave the two peoples sep a cau seless war from the injuries inflicted on both by y the raly te to recover now waged against us. Having begun the war in direct w hi c h forbade the attempt violation of their consti tution, w to coerce a State, eed by crime, until they have been hard n d t to veil their purpose todestroy the they no longer atte m p t overeignty and independence i ns tit u ti on s and subve rt the s of these States. that We now kno w reliable only the • able hope e n the vigour of our resistance, as the cessation ofofrlc is i their host ility is only to be expected from the pressure of their necessities. triotism of the people has proved equal to every The pa demanded by their country's need. We have been sacrifice d as a people never were united under like circum unite tG s t a nces b ore. o d has blessed us pror tionate to ef our means, and, under His with divine success fav ou po r, our labours mist at last be crowned with the reward due to me n who have given all they possessed to the righteous defence of their inalienable rights, their homes and their altars. Richmond, Dee, 7, 1803, This being the case for the prosecution, Mr. TillOrd sub mitted that there was no case against Richardson and Preston. The Bench assented, and the two defendants Preston and Richardson were discharged. Mr. Beard then made a powerful appeal on behalf of the defendants he represented. He again urged that the ends of justice would be fully satisfied if they were bound over, as he had taken leave to suggest, at the opening of the case. Whatever the feelings of the Sussex magistrates might be in the matter, it was quite clear that great favour and coun tenance were given in certain high quarters to men in the position of the defendants, and some allowance ought there fore to be made for persons who belonged to a humble and evidence obscure position in life. No one could fail to see that per sons of rank and position attended such fights, and that was not there to say they were right in breaking the law , a reason which should induce the Bench to deal lightly with those who had been selected for punishment. He was but when the Bench considered the case of the men before them he felt bound to say that reliance might fairly be placed upon their promises that they would not further transgress the law. He then reviewed the evidence as bearing upon the individual cases, and urged that there was not sufficient proof of the defendants' presence to justify the Bench in sending them for trial. He pointed out that the whole of England had been interested in the contest between Ring and Heenan, and an equal interest in it had been manifested in America. All the defendants,. had so conducted them selves in their vocation as to find friends to become sureti es for sureties for their future good behaviour. The defendant Heenan said—As to Sayers and gaid— We have considered myself, 't I d I After some consultation, this country. d ett o h t ti to gh en t t a e g r ain the ia rin g again , an a w m as n l o not e i r n ta a in s l t y a te a h o o f oi h the f n t o h t e o ß nl e y nch Ibut also the ob servations made by Mr. Beard on behalf de fendants, as well as the cases of those of some of the repre sented by a solicitor. We feel tha t who are not i n this case the partial, should all be bound over to answer preferred against them at ~ Wer any charge that :may he not say that in what the ,, 2'. 0 Quarter Sessions. We do thi T s h c e as C e h c a atfull man y o, larly reprehensible, b ut ' ll there was anything portion with impunity. T hese persons some tribunal which • evidence which each enter into their 0 1)0 the extent of £5O, t o answer any pre ferred a • cannot commit iiieiral acts persons will be summoned before Will wi ll deal with them according. to the adduced. 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N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. gatiation on this matter" to the British Consul at Charleston, he was informed that " the most perfect accord on this question exists between her Majesty's Government and the Government of lhe Emperor of the French," and these instructions were accom panied by a copy of the despatch of the British Fo reign Office of the 18th May, 1861, stating that there was no difference of opinion between Great Britain and the United States as to the validity of the prin ciples enunciated in the fourth article of the declara tion of Paris in reference to blockades. Your prede cessors of the Provisional Congress had, therefore, no difficulty in proclaiming, nor I in approving, the resolutions which abandoned in favour of Great Britain and France our right to capture enemy's property when covered with flags of those Powers. The " securities" desired by those Governments were understood by us to be required from both belligerents. Neutrals were exposed on our part to the exercise of the belligerent right of capturing their vessels when conveying the property of our enemies. They were exposed on the part of the United States, to interruption in their unques tioned right of trading with us by the declaration of the paper blockade above referred to. We had no reason to doubt the good faith of the proposal made to us, nor to suspect that we were to be the only parties bound by its acceptance. It is true that the instructions of the neutral Powers informed their agents that it was "essential under the present cir cumstances the,t they should act with great caution in order to avoid raising the question of the recog nition of the new Confederation," and that the un derstanding on the subject did not assume, for that reason, the shape of a formal convention. But it was not deemed just by us to decline the arrange men on this ground, as little more than ninety days had then elapsed since the arrival of our Commis sioners in Europe, and neutral nations were fairly entitled to a reasonable delay in acting on a subject of so much importance, and which, from their point of view, presented difficulties that we, perhaps, did not fully appreciate. Certain it is that the action of this Government on the eccaeion, and its faithful performance of its own engager naents, have been such as to entitle it to expect on the part of those who sought in their own interests a mutual understanding, the most scrupulous adhe rence to their own promises. I feel constrained to inform you that in this expectation we have been disappointed, and that not only have the Govern-- ments which entered into these arrangements yielded to the prohibition against commerce with us, which has been dictated by the United States, in defiance of the law of nations, but that this con cession of their neutral rights to our detriment has on more than one occasion been claimed in inter course with our enemies, as an evidence of friendly feeling towards them. A few extracts from the cor respondence of her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will suffice to show marked encouragement to the United States to persevere in its paper blockade, and unmistakable intimations that her Majesty's Government would not contest its validity. On the 21st of May, 1861, Earl Russell pointed out to the United States Minister in London that " the blockade might no doubt be made effective, considering the small number of harbours on the Southern coast, even though the extent of 3,000 miles were comprehended in terms of the blockade." On the 14th of January, 1862, her Majesty's Mi nister in Washington communicated to his Govern ment that in extenuation of the barbarous attempt to destroy the port of Charleston by sinking a stone fleet in the harbour, Mr. Seward had explained "that the Government of the United States had lasi spring, with a navy very little prepared for so ex tensive an operation, undertaken to blockade up wards of 3,000 miles of coast. The Secretary of the Navy had reported that he could stop up the large holes' by means of his sh ps, bat that he could not stop up the small ones.' It has been found neces sary, therefore, to close some of the numerous email inlets by sinking vessels in the channel.' On the 6th of May, 1862, so far from claiming the right of British subjects as neutrals to trade with us as belligerents, and to disregard the blockade on the ground of this explicit confession by our enemy of his inability to render it effective, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs claimed credit with the United States for friendly action respecting it. His lordship stated that " the United States Government, on the allegation of a rebellion pervading from nine to eleven States of the Union, have no w, for more than twelve months, endeavoured to maintain a blockade of three thou sand miles of coast. This blockade, kept up irre gularly, but when enforced, enforced severely, has seriously injured the trade and manufactures of the United Kingdom. Thousands are now ob liged to resort to the poor rates for sub sistence owing to this blockade. Yet her Ma jesty's Government have never sought to take ad vantage of the obvious imperfections of this blockade, in order to declare it ineffective. They have, to the loss and detriment of the British nation, scrupulously observed the duties of Great Britain towards a friendly State." Again, on the 22d September, 1862, the same noble earl asserted that the United States were " very far indeed" from being in " a condition to ask other nations to assume that every port of the coasts of the so•styled Confederate States is effectively blockaded." When in view of these facts, of the obligations of the British nation to adhere to the pledge made by their Government at Paris in 1856, and renewed to this Confederacy in 1861, and of these repeated and explicit avowals of the imperfection, irregularity , and inefficiency of the pretended blockade of our coast, I directed our Commissioner at London to call upon the British Government to redeem its promise, and to withold its moral aid and sanction from the flagrant violation of public law committed by our enemies, we were in formed that her Majesty's Government could not regard the blockade of the Southern ports as having been otherwise than " practically effective," in February, 1862, and that " the manner in which it has since been enforced gives to neutral Govern ments to excuse for ascertaining that the blockade has not been effectually maintained." We were further informed, when we insisted that by the terms of agreement no blockade was to be considered effective unless "sufficient really to prevent access to our coast," that the declaration of Paris was in o t ru th directed against blockades not sustained by any actual n-o f force,-w a notoriously in adequate a force , a m or the like." It was impossible that this mode of construing an agreement, so as to mak ei ts terms mean almost a such i or lin thesustained as offing,the cc by occasional appearance of the reverse of what they p lainl y conveyed, could be considered otherwise than as a notification of the refusal to the British Government to remain bound by its agreement, or longer to respect those articles of the declaration of Paris, which had been repeatedly denounced by British statesmen, and had been characterised by Earl Russell as " very imprudent" and " most nnsatistactory." If any doubt remained of the motives by which the British Ministry have been actuated in their conduct it would be completely dissipated by the, distinct avowals and explanations contained in the published speech recent l y made by her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In commenting on t h e remo nstrances of this Government against the countenance given to an ineffective blockade, the following q teg uege is used ;—" It is said we have, contrary to the declarations of Paris, contrary to in. ternational l a w, permitted the blockade of 3,000 miles of American coast. It is quite true we did so, and the presumable cause of complaint is quite true, that although the blockade is kept up by a suffi cient number of ships, yet these ships were sent into the Unit e d States navy in a hurry, and are ill-fitted for the purpose, and did not keep up so completely and effectively as was r equired an effective block ade." This unequivocal confession of violation, both of agreement with us and international law,is defended on grounds the validity of which we submit with confidence to the candid judgment of mankind. These grounds are thus stated :—" Still looking at the law of nations,it was a bl oc k a d e we, as great belligerentPowerinformer times, should have ac knowledged. We, ourselves, had a blockade of up wearredsbound of 2d in ,000 miles, and it did seem to me that we w justice to the Federal Stat es o f Ame bo rica to acknowledge that blockade. But there was another reason which weighed with me. Our people were suffering severely for the want of that material which was the main staff of their industry; and it was r. question of self-interest whether we should not break the blockade. But in my opinion the men of England would have been for ever infamous if, for the sake of their own interest they had violated the law of nations and made war in conjunction with those slaveholding States of America against the Federal States." In the second of these reasons our rights are tot involved; although it may be permitted to observe hat the conduct of Governments has not hereto- 'ore, to my knowledge, been guided by the prin- eiple that it is infamous to assert their rights whenever the invasion of those rights creates severe suffering among their people and injuriously affect great interests. But the intimation that relations with these States would be discreditable because hey are elaveholdiog, would probably have been omitted if the official personage who has published it to the world had remembered that these States were, when colonies, made slaveholding by the direct exercise of the power of Great Britain, whose dependencies they were, and whose interests in the slave trade were then supposed to require that her colonies should be made slaveholding. But the other ground stated is of a very grave character. It asserts that a violation of the law of nations by Great Britain in 1807, when that Govern- ment declared a paper blockade of 2,000 miles of coast (a violation then defended by law courts and urists on the sole ground that her action was reta- liatory), affords a justification for a similar outrage on neutral rights by the United States in 1861, for which no palliation can .be suggested; and that Great Britain "is bound in justice to the Federal States," to make return for the war waged against her by the United States in resistance of her illegal blockade of 1807, by an acquiescence in the Federal illegal blockade of 1861. The most alarming fea- turn in this statement is its admission of a just claim on the part of the United States to require of Great Britain, during this war, a disregard of the recognised principles of modern public law and of her own compacts, whenever any questionable con duct of Great Britain "in former times" can be cited as a precedent. It is not inconsistent with re spect and admiration for the great people whose Government have given us this warning, to suggest that their history, like that of mankind in general, offer exceptional instances of indefensible conduct "in former times," and we may well deny the morality of violating recent engagements through deference to the evil precedents of the past. After defending, in the manner just stated, the course of the British Government on the sub jeet of the blockade, her Majesty's Foreign Secretary takes care to leave no doubt of the the purpose of the British Government to prevent our purchase of vessels in Great Britain, whil e sup plying our enemies with rifles and other munitions of war, and states the intention to apply to Parlia ment for the furtherance of this design. He gives to the United States the assurance that he will do in their favour not only "everything that the law of nations requires, everything that the present Foreign Enlistment Act requires," but that he will ask the sanction of Parliament" to further measures that her Majesty's Ministers may still add." This language is so unmistakably an official exposition of the policy adopted by the British Government in relation to our affairs, that the duty imposed on me by the Con stitution of giving you from time to time, " informa tion of the state of the Confederacy," would not have been performed if I had failed to place it distinctly before you, I refer you for further details on this whole sub ject to the correspondence of the State Department, which accompanies this message. The facts which I have briefly narrated are, I trust, sufficient to enable you to appreciate the true nature of the neu trality professed by this war. "It is net in my power to apprise you to what extent the Government of France shares the views so unreservedly avowed by that of Great Britain, no published correspond ence of the French Government on the subject hav ing been received." No public protest nor opposi tion, however, has been made by his Imperial Majesty against the prohibition to trade with us, imposed on French citizens by the paper blockade of the United States, "although I have reason to believe that an unsuccessful attempt was made on his part to secure the assent of the British Govern ment to a course of action more consonant with the dictates of public law and with the demands of jus tice towards us." The partiality of her Mejesty's Government in favour of our enemies has been further evinced in the marked difference of its conduct on the subject of the purchase of supplies by the two belligerents. This difference has been conspicuous since the very commencement of the war. As early as the lst:of May, 1862, the British Minister in Washington was in formed by the Secretary of State of the United States that he had sent agents to England, and that others would go to France, to purchase arms, and this fact was communicated to the British Foreign-office, which interposed no objection. Yet in October of the same year Earl Russell entertainel the complaint of the United States Minister in London, that the Confederate States were importing contraband of war from the island of Nassau, directed inquiry into the matter, and obtained a report from the authorities of the island denying the allegations, which report was enclosed to Mr. Adams, and received by him as satisfactory evidence to dis sipate "the suspicion naturally thrown upon the authorities of Nassau by that unwarrantable act." So, too, when the Confederate Government purchased in Great Britain, as a neutral country (and with strict observance both of the law of nations and the municipal law of Great Britain), vessels which were subsequently armed and commissioned as vessels of war, after they had been far removed from English waters, the British Government, in violation of its own laws and in deference to the importunate demands of the United States, made au ineffectual attempt to seize one vessel, and did ac tually seize and detain another which touched at the island of Nassau, on her way to a Confederate port, and subjected her to an unfounded prosecution at the very time when car goes of munitions of war were being openly shipped from British ports to New York, to be used in warfare against us. Even now the publio journals bring intelligence that the Bri tish Government has ordered the seizure, in a British port, of two vessels, on the suspicion that they may have been sold to this Government, and that they may be hereafter armed and equipped in our service, while British subjects are en gaged in Ireland by tens of thousands to proceed to the United States for warfare against the Confederacy, in defiance both of the law of nations and of the express terms of the British statutes, and are transported in British ships,withent an effort at concealment, to the ports of the United States, there to be armed with rifles imported ft °in Great Britait n . and to be employed against our people in a war for confeg i ruea e n s ce No royal prerogative is invoked, no executive initenirPl a _ is interposed against this flagrant breach of while strained international law, on the part of our enemies, w constructions are placed on ex a i a s n t oy i Government d ments proposed, and questionable precluding the possibility of purchase bY purposes, unless of vessels that are useless for belligerent outside of the neutral j hereafter armed and equipped diction of Great Britain. ew have forme d their appropriate functions with a n v megr millions t t a o e t n u n s t t t e'B of haswnarmies l exercised n e ongta andfelt -r. defeated vast• unquestioned For n ear l y threeurlits jurisdiction aost years atane t over a tb n u s united people. d affection of its citizens, the Conlede• by the confidence an inde pendent nation, according to the principles of public law. expedietla devised, Its legislative, executive, and judicial departments, each in regularity as as undisturbed as in a time of profound peace, r v a a c tl y e r h s a , s w l h a o ck h e a d v n e o i in element vain so sought h its d s i u st b i v n e g r ui sio sh n e . s Su an ppo r d and the whole energies of the people have been developed in the organisation of vast armies, while their rights and liberties have rested secure under the protection of the courts of justice. This Confederacy is either independent or it is a dependency of the United States, for no other earthly power claims the right to govern it. Without one historic fact, on which the pretension can rest, without one line or word of treaty or covenant, which can give colour to title, the United States having asserted, and the British Government has chosen to oonoede, that these sovereiSn PRESIDENT DAVIS'S MESSAGE. This document, addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States, of which we have already given a telegraphic sum- mary, after mentioning the chief incidents of the late campaign, says : While therefore our success in driving the enemy from our soil has not equalled the expectations con fidently entertained at the commencement of the campaign, his further progress has been checked. If we are forced to regret losses in Tennessee and Arkansas, we are not without ground for congratu lation in Louisiana and Texas. On the sea coast he is exhausted by vain efforts to capture our ports, while on the northern frontier he has in turn felt the pressure and dreads the renewal of invasion. The indomitable courage and perseverance of the people in the defence of their homes have been nobly at- tested by the unanimity with which the Legislatures of Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia have re cently given expression to the popular sentiment; and like manifestations may be anticipated from all the States. Whatever obstinacy may be displayed by the enemy in his desperate sacrifices of money, life, and liberty, in the hope of enslaving us, the experience of mankind has too conclusively shown the superior endurance of those who fight for home, liberty, and independence, to permit any doubt of the result. Oa the state of the foreign relations with the Confederacy, the Message proceeds : I regret to inform you that there has been no improvement in the state of our relations with fo. reign countries since my Message in January last. On the contrary, there has been a great divergence in the conduct of the European nations from that practical impartiality which alone deserves the name of neutrality, and their action in some cases has assumed a character positively unfriendly. You have heretofore been informed that, by com mon understanding, the initiative in all action touching the contest on the continent had been left by foreign Powers to the two great maritime nations of Western Europe, and that the Governments of these two nations had agreed to take no measures without previous concert. The result of these ar- ran getnents has, therefore, placed it in the power of either France or England to obstruct at pleasure the recognition to which the Confederacy is justly en titled, or even to prolong the continuance of hostili ties on this side of the Atlantic, if the policy of either could be promoted by the postponement of peace. Each, too, thus became possessed of great influence in so shaping the general exercise of neu tral rights in Europe, as to render them subservient to the purpose of aiding one of the belligerents to the detriment of the other. I referred, at your last session, to some of the leading points in the course pursued by professed neutrals, which betrayed a partisan leaning to the side of our enemies; but events have since occurred which induce me to renew the subject in greater detail than was then deemed necessary. In caliing to your attention the action of these Governments, I shall refer to the documents appended to President Lin coln's Messages, aid to their own correspondence , as disclosing the true nature of their policy, and the motives which guided it. To this course no excep tion can be taken, inasmuch as our attention has been invited to those sources of information by their official publication. In May, 1861, the Government of her Britannic Majesty informed our enemies that it had not "allowed any other than an intermediate position on the part of the Southern States," and assured them " that the sympathies of this country (Great Britain) were rather with the North than with the South." On the Ist day of June, 1861, the British Govern ment interdicted the use of its ports " to armed ships and privateers both of the United States and the so-called Confederate States," with their prizes. The Secretary of State of the United States fully appreciated the character and motive of this interdiction,:when he observed to Lord Lyons, who communicated it," that this message, and that of the same character which had been adopted by France, would probably prove a deathblow to Southern privateering." On June 12, 1861, the United States Minister in London informed her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs that the fact of his having held interviews with the Commissioners of this Govern, merit had given " great dissatisfaction," and that a protraction of this relation would be viewed by the United States as " hostile in spirit, and to require some corresponding action accordingly." In re sponse to this intimation, her Majesty's Secretary assured the Minister that " he had no expectation of seeing them any more." By pro , 3lamation, issued on the 10th and 27th of April, 1861, President Lincoln proclaimed the blockade of the entire coast of the Confederacy, extending from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, embracing, according to the returns of the United States coast survey, a east line of three thousand five hut.d.red and forty-nine statute miles, on which the number of rivers, bass, harbours, inlets, sounds, and Passes is one hundred and eighty-nine. The navy possessed by the United States for enforcing this blockade was stated in the reports communicated by President Line.) In to the Congress of the United States to consist of twe uty-four vessels of all classes in com mission, of which: half were in distant seas. The ab burdity of the pretension of such a blockade, in the face of the authoritative declaration of the maritime rights of neutrals made at Paris in 1856 was so glar ing that tb.e attempt was regarded as an experiment on the forbea ranee of neutral Powers, which they would promptly resist. This conclusion was justi fied by the fac t that the Governments of France and Great Britain i letermined that it was necessary for their interests to obtain from both belligerents " se entities concer oing the proper treatment of neu trals." In the i ;Rotruotionri which 4 g coOded the ne- ► or ow on- sing r ates ids of ;tone. 0 32 0 er 30 it to* xt the kale, Pe a° I at bit ds of Zed Y, Id to s. a. 13 0 0 ._. 0 _— 0 20 0 23 0 . 18. .12. ,4. 29. ,2. 27. 1. 10. 14. 29 ssels eing or 61 iixis -34 in pda° In •••••Mlii -..-•-••• anti , of a Dire. matt of a E a st Id of Lap 3ter, ~, to .w. rles• %S., rkof ,core 112, ~l