The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-14 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC ender the command rhe American mail steamer Atlantic, e t Captain Eldridge, arrived in the Mersey Yesterday afternoon, from New York, with dates to the Ist illsta ta . , and thirty-five passengers, among whom is His C° art Lreel l ency G. M. D a ll as, the new American minister to the of St James. The advi ces are four days later than those received by the pa° aua a, but th ey supply no news of the missing steamship fie, ab out which such painful anxiety prevails on both tides the Atlantic. Newsales York papers now before us are almost . wholly n andi matter having reference to thepending =sunder 'h, r ig between the Governments of England and America. ort contain some fifteen columns of official correspondence tertae alleged violation of American law by the British, in b i l e l r Ytice to the enlistment question, an abstract of which Wit found in another column. learn with reference to the Central American question, we h ?...... that on the 29th ult. a special message from the 41 ;irient was sent to the Senate, in response to resolutiona h. % ti n Whether Gr eat Britain had offered to arbitrate co ilec e i ra n g the. B ulwer-Clayton Treaty. The message was is. e Dallied bastlong correspondence. of wee n- •• v i a l an abs : la ari e first letter is from Mr. Buch:, th at !'g date Nov. 2, 1855, in which M acln th e t e. rd is , Course of a converse tlime4rarendon, he sti 4tv.e _ ties between the two governmer henetentral American question. ' s• treew° governments disagreed about the t construction of laesti 9 ' , the best and most natural mode was o . refer the 11 ,,egeZ ti t ° a third power. At an early period of the -um., °ll,l Clarendon made this suggestion, but Mr. *as CI jocularly replied that the Emperor of Noi r -. °MY one sufficiently independent to act as an kirk e la the ease, and England had gone to war again. t nk.letter from Mr. B• hanan to Mr. Marcy, Nov. 28, leiin an o adding : (a co nveraation similar to t /Plll Oll all Clarendon, as strongly pe as I could, reasons ta Ica "'° ll tht ought to induce the British Government 0 selie w h °ll a. ,le the Bay Islands to Honduras. Claret'. Noe-Tied that these islauds have not the . least tee m : Great Britain, and the only question with NI . co ' h e a w . bother the national honour did not forbid toterkr );" Be . ' .• -liel tattan to Mr. Marcy, Nov. 9, says : " I had an e I toliet Yesterday with Clarendon, by appointment. 1I I seini el e ' e at Method to settle the question is by arbitration. eohcu there was nothing to arbitrate. He said the . true th - 11 7meti en of the treaty was a proper subject for arbitra inNti e told o him I did not consider there could be any Plai n „ °- ,,a 8 to the construction at all—the language l was t tisei,„"eu eXplicit, and I thought this would be the %mo i s t, 1/tittssmeae opinion of the American people ; but, tie. t d tice e . ili t° YOU I should mention what he bad said, as I ha i e* 04 01,re, e „ yncerning what he had said at our first inter kr il tme alibied." fins for uchanan to Mr. Marcy. Feb. 5, 1856, says : " Ere ', e t I„re,a°ll Washington ynu will have read the speeche trein -- ,erbY and Clarendon in the House of Lords on ‘e Cel i a t " which will speak for themselves. In relation to t ti it4 e it :4. 4l _, A rnerican question, Clarendon said : ' I lost . no -41 f --e llag to refer the wole question to the arWra ile a ° l „l tl , l Y third Power, both sides agreeing to be bound by e pett e r el°73 . That offer has not been accepted, but I hope, eisteeurther co nsideration the government of the United $..4 till,egree to it ' ' 4 ) lita.}:tteaallan resumes: " it is therefore proper for me t he t o ''' al a matter of fact, that I have reported to Ton in heseaT i t faithful manner every conversation which has !tisfc thuetween Clarendon and myself on the subject of refer- Name, questions to a friendly power. As I have never t oo, tie d that the Britishgovernment has made any such offer ` °6 , j u, :Erament of the United states through Mr. Cramp cereher his lordship must have referred to the general t a,..stto i j°, "(41 between him and myself, which would by no ' a ereW ea tifY the broad terms of his statement. This much WkW li° /indicate the truth of history." ea',; tlebanan to Mr. Marcy, Feb. 8, 1856, says:-•" On Nte: l a ela stash, 6th instant, I had an interview with Lord teter&-en e Foreign Office. I told him I desired to 1.440ret7:,n w hether the statement he made in the House of " I ritish - 1 1 the evening of Thursday the 31st ult.--that the ail (me gov ernment had made to the American government ee raiii -r ,thich has been recently renewed to arbitrate con het bade Central American question—was founded on ° i t ltit ir, p as sed between him and myself in conversa ti on, i '!‘an e t - i - ,. (l ras had instructed Mr. Crampton to make to you,. ,', 4 ter n - L",e, a formal proposal to arbitrate. He replied, his qkt -'`', WaS founded on our different conversations, and sos,,lll,tLese he had several times proposed to me the refer. il ePe en t ti lcse question to arbitration, and he expressed the V ettas tg at I had communicated his propositions to my go he 'Tit I informed him that I had faithfully reported t) sidn t ad conversation s we had held in reference to an i on t t i l a tion but I had not believed that what he said ea tete% occasions amounted to such an offer as could !lc e ct ( .Raised by our Government as a foundation for sprei- t 4 01 N °ls on so grave a matter. I added, " I did no 4 4 ru Were of the same opinion, as I had never le e tin t a line from you on the subject." lie observed , sote,,,lllelore holding. the e cons `'ens with me he h int o " ted his-cabinet, and spoke !ire e w b ri• I remarked that this It 6 t theaellF°tonannicated to me. 11 Not e ier . lose, this would have given 11° Pteac I°llB character, and caused N u et te leil e " nl m . ci He -- - b s ' bee, f -°ll rae, thatl . woula • 6 bs er - kid at ter consultation with his cabinet. In ra t . Pte llos 'ed had thought that when one nation desired to 11t e to e 14,aother the submission of an international dis stltitle.llhanatubltlation, it was done by writing end in due form ; itn atot eeell their own course when they proposed to alitttesidee:tehe°„regon question. tho_the sell...l:resident might, if he thought w a proper, con - ae t itht b, t h e on the question, and . .h t would be tie's' 74l thi.' e_ u at body if such a proposition were pre- An i , Ilia' `a the loose form of various conversations be sainrke or st i n e a d .,rayeelf, whiCh, after all, I might through a tid etts,th ,Livertence, not have reported correctly? He 411 4 ou r e ° ad done he considered a preliminary step, homeyeg ~,ontnvernment had indicated any satisfaction with ~..1 RI have etsa„,,neat / beets prepared to proceed . further • but intl.:* bat -.7 laid to him he did not think they he ' d re t ‘ra to 4 "aottragement. I told him whenever I had 1 4 ' *44 „ a k , `"te: n l had always been careful to assure him that re l aeti ' - g 12 4 own individual sentiments without any a t • - ons ,:'trif • a ttk l i s i Men tine ',lnflation from my go ve rnment, and these to Idel lin r langed. I also observed b - sinest letter to me, p a h e ,"lt 04r construction of the treaty, i and forming li e , a e .li/s e ' kb e entaiss e 11 the two governments,. might appropriatly l a mlier the" 4 a proposition for arbitration, and in this i l jra f Ivor question might have been brour , ht in a regal Irk e d% one he government. tlt t attai ec : l6 had addressed tine then for the first time dispatch to Mr. Crampton ie fiber 4 4 0, with instructions to him to read it to you. sin, a Yerah e tor it and read it to me. I believe it , is e d a a s t e e a d . ),, it will la btit a copy being doubtless in y in oi e r t L t all a - 4 11 . 1Q Nti ,cak for itself and he informed er l4 Ber . about it to Mr. Crampton was, that the matter apie Pro 'aebanan hands. etruesaitiltioneeeecieda to express a decided opinion in favour of skill isis aa lln , said when two friendly governments dis his aPpr e le construction of a treaty, the natural and th t klly poptiate course was to refer the question to thirda . tie a t s _ r eatiZ e j* Re hal ever believed their construction of m e at- to ~;(; ue correct. He then requested me to commhousg te4„°4 til e ti their Proposals for an arbitration, and . ilt gile r• liii Were that the question might be settled this tlis ti t ePeas e r lism I should c b eerfully comply with his . r e e l e n qu n es n t . , sier• ted. I th at my own individual opinionsremai d k e i tt e as detibe°,4sidered the language of the treaty . too clearfor evi e t all n !tad such I believed, was the opinion of public Qee, . parties ' t aei k 4 by in the United States. This had . been to, so b It recent debate in the senate on the president's ern B kid gla ai , aides, the difficulty of selecting a suitable "Ifs Was , arbitrator was unsurmountable—hut tros, I 14, I,arnquestion far my government, and not for myself. 4,1 11 / 4 "t sor tie to Mr. Marcy, Feb. 27th, says :—" Misery u,i4e ty Cue misa pprehension seems to exist as to the offer v r iits ~ 'l%l Clarendon to Mr. Buchanan, to submit the t" utter, egad ing the interpretation of the Clayton-Bulwir eti o unen h bNvii; 6. I thi n !eh the two governments disagree, t? sahi 'll I uink it well to send you the enclosed dispatch se e Meej aed ha tti .l'ob er la from Lord Clarendon on the subject in lt, l enti et , S t' I regret not having made you this corn lat-ti,dispat,hbet°re, but the truth is, the last paragraph of leelf:' astrl es e& -r ea Ped my attention until 1 referred . to t it e aodnon a .n' n• was aware that the negotiation of n h ,6 In s , - t , o, rn Perdmi," Central America was in Mr. Buchana tort::Y.,lneatiatrePdon's h ands, I considered the. dispatch . as Isa r " r g ea ° - 'or Inn information as to what was going ti e itlre,dri.a subject in regard to which I inferred you '` turd eljel°tovined," fe w r• tech: ll ' l °n to Mr. Crampton, November 10, says c4, 1 .a1s an,otlaa. having, in the coarse of conversation, a % 4: ed 1 4 zo adverted to the impression th it would be rir ,.`tal A 'a United States by the non-settlement of the et l , ell4 l Isialericall question, I again assured him that t 11 4,. ‘errn or !so wish to extend her influence, or to obtain 11,,,?, 4s th Y la . that part of the woad, and reminded him t rE ged st„e difference between this country and the treaty of turned solely upon the interpretation of the oilleste_ 1 850 , T a had offered, on the part of her :Te„ o! gOv.Prnnaent to subm'n. 'bider, b : third . ' ' Oki 1 4 er m . P •wer, but that s he ~ajesty's government, : t _ Qit 4,4tleat offer, and I though ile,tlt titv, _Most amicable manner of arriving a s, a settle 14.!tiot"oe,eniestion. Mr. Buchanan said he would make • ',,r,lieate th;_ils.government, and you are instructed to cora -4,14)14 c orre 3 d ssea'ch to Mr. Marcy." ,1.4 i ii a enondenee was read at length in the senate, and hied b great de sec to remove the strong war feeling "list ai Previo i' o r , .. US y prevailed in the minas of some ot the At the conelusion of the debate which ensued, at four o'clock ,nan to Mr. Marc` Jed to him that t :lad with Clarend most ser replied that .ct had he cas Cotton with bu to the aibitra. had declined the t that would b , 3 th Mr. Mason moved that the printing of the British enlist ment documents be increased to ten thousand copies, and the printing also of the same number of those received to day, both to form one volume. Agreed to. There had been a report at Washington that the Presi dent had determined to dismiss Air. Crampton from Washington, but the latest despatch from that city states that the report was unfounded, and adds that the " ultimate determination of the subject will depend on the tenor of the next foreign advices, unless Mr. Crampton should pre viously withdraw." The steamer Illinois had arrived at New York with 1,140,208 dols in gold dust, and dates from California to the sdi ult. A terrific explosion had occurred on one of the river steamers near Sacramento, on the 5•1 ult, which is reported to have caused the death of at least thirty per sons, and wounded a number of others, The legislature had failed to elect a United States senator, and as the senate refused to go into joint convention, there was very little probability of an election by the present legislature. More rain had fallen throughout the mining regions during the two weeks previous to the sailing of the steamer than in any previous similar period the present winter, which had a beneficial effect on the mines, and the conse quence we,s largely increased receipts of gold at San Fran cisco. The farmers throughout the agricultural districts had also taken advantage of the rains to commence putting in their winter crops. All the Central American States, except Nicaragua, have formed an alliance, and Col. Kinney had gone to Granada to effect an alliance with Walker. Some of the passengers by the Daniel Webster at New York, report that Cul. Kinney was arrested at Granada, and condemned to be shot, but was saved by the interference of Walliet's officers. The rumour is not, however, very reliable. We have dates from Vera Cruz (Mexico) to the 22nd ult. The troops in the Castle of 53.11 Juan de Uiloa pro nounced for Tameiz on the night of the 12th. There was some firing on both sides, but the loss was slight until the 20th, when the castle surrendered to the city. Puebla was still in possession of llab y Tameiz. The leaders of the insurrection at the Castle of San Juan de Ullos had been condemned to be shot . The Commercial accounts are pretty nearly of the same chan.cter as the lst received. The following is the latest report of the market:— REVIEW OF THE NEW YORK MARKET, FOR THREE DAYS F :IECRDING ASHES : Pot have again declined, 100 brls having changed hands at 6 dois to 6 doss 25,, closing at the lower rase. Pearl remain scarce, and we quote as before, 7 do's 75c to 8 dole. COAL : Liverpool continues in good supply and dull. COPPER, &c : New sheathing is steady at 33c, and yellow metal 26c, at 6 months. Refined ingo; copper is ste:dy at 3ic to 32c, 4 mouths. 12,0001bs old sheathing brought 26 cents cash. COTTON : The market opened a shade easier, with a ligla business in progress, but closed at about the quotations Current on Tuesday, under the America's more favourrble news,without much buoyancy, however, or disposition to speculate for a rise. The sales for the three days are estimated at 7,000. and for the week 12,000 bales. We continue quotations, with the veinal k that the transactions of yesterday were made on a basis of 101,c fur middling Uplands, 10gc for do Mobile, and lOic for do New Orleans. The quantity on sale continues moderate. We quote : NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION. Upland. Florida. Mobi:e. N. Orleans & Texas, Ordinary 9 9 9 9 Midlling - 10a Middling Fair ll 11 119 111 ; Fair .. 111 111 111 124 The arrivals have been from-- Nassau, N. P 220 bales New Orleans.... . 412 Georgia North Carolina .. 63 Total Total import from Ist to 29th u1t.... 44,547 bales Total import since let September.. _215,958 bales Export from the United St...ace, Since Ist September, 1855 Same time 1851. . bales 1,426,280 1,U16,662 Expolt from Ist to 29th February, 1856, 1855. bales 18,562 14,416 FLOUR. AND MEAL : The market opened firm, with a rising tendency for State and western flour on Wednesday, consequent upon an increased eastern demand, caused by resumption of navigation through the Sound, and the buoyancy was sustained till ye,terday, when the adverse intelligence by the America caused a reaction. Exporters continue to operate cautiously, and on receipt of the news all orders were withdrawn immedi ately : the market closed decidedly dull and irregular. The better graces continue to maintain a higher relative value than the common, in consequence of the agita tion among the trade about inspection. Another meeeting has been held by the and shippers, and matters really look now as though the mani fold abuses practised by inspectors are in a fair way of being reformed at an early deriod. Sales 22,000 brls, our revised quotations at the close being about the same as on Tuesday last. Canada flour is unsettled and the demand moderate. Sales 3000 brls, within the range of 6 dols 75c to 9 dole 50c, according to quality. Southern flour has been in moderate request, but, with increasing receipts, the market closes un sett!ed—sales 4,700 brls, at 8 dole 25c to 8 dols 75c for mixed to straight brands, and 8 doh! 87ie to 9 dols 25c for fancy and medium extras. Rye flour is again lower, with a moderato buziness doing at the decline—sales 500 brls, closing at 4 dole leading receivers 25c to 6 dols for fine to sales 350 kis Jersey at steady, with Li, 1 dui 75c to '2 dols '2sc perl: GRAIN : The wheat market was firm previous to the receipt of the news, with a moderate demand, mainly for the home trade, but closed dull and unsettled yesterday, We continue quotations, with the remark that they aro entirely nominal ; sales 8,000 bushels white Canada at 1 dol 80c; 5,000 common to prime red Tennessee, 1 dol 65c to 1 dol 75c ; 3,090 red ' Wisconsin, 1 dol 70c; and 1,000 red Southern, 1 del 75c. The rye market is easier, and much unsettled ; sales 11,000 bushels at 1 dol 12c, including 5,000 deliverable in Match. The barley market is firm, and the demand fair ; sales of 4,000 bushels good and prime two-rowed State at 1 dol 27c to 1 dol 29c. The demand for oats continues dull, and prices are nominally the same as those current on Tuesday. The corn market was steady previous to yesterday, but prices fell off lc to 2c under the news, closing heavy and unsettled ; Sales 55,000 bushels at 72c to 75c for Western mixed, 75c to 76c for round white and yellow, and 71c to 74c for white and yellow Southern. Beans are steady, with a fair demand ; sales 500 to 600 bushels ordinary white State at 2 dols 25c. Peas are dull, but prices remain as before. IRON : Since the large speculative transactions in Scotch pig noticed in our .last, the rearket`has been Ic3s active, but prices are sUpported,with further sales - of 500 to 600 tons, mostly at 30 dols, which is still offered for parcels to arrive. Some of the mannfacturers of American pig have sold out, and others have retired their stocks from the market, so that prices have a decidedly upward tendency. Bars are firm, but we hear of no fur:her sales. Of English sheet, we notice sales of 1,500 bdls singles, in port, at 4 to 48 cents ; and GOO do., to arrive, 3:1 to 34-, 6 mos.—doubles and trebles.are dull. . . . — LEAD: There has at length been a movement in pig, an d we notice sales of 250 tons Spanish mostly to arrive, at 6 dole, 624 c, 3 mos. MOLASSES : Foreign is held firmly, but the demand is moderate, and the market quiet. NAVAL STORES : There is some inquiry for expart, and soft turpentine is generally hell at 3 dots 50c. for North County, and we know of none of this descriptions now offering at less—stock about 12,000 brls. Spirits turpentine has been quiet, though for lots in prime shipping order, full prices are asked—stock 19,000 to 20,000 brls, much of which has long been held for higher rates. Common rosin is in small request, but held firmly at 1 dol 60c for Wilmington—medium grades are in fair demand. Tar is held at previous rates, with small sales OILS A further sale of 700 brls. Whale has been made to arrive at 811 c. Linseed remains dull and unsettled, but some 25,000 gallons English and American changed hands at 80c to 82c—small lots from store command 82 to 84 cents, cash. Puovisioss : We notice an increased demand for pork, part for export and part on speculation, and prices have advanced 372 c to 50c. The quantity on sale, and the receipts are moderate ; sales 8,200 brls, closing buoyant at 16 dole 25c to 16 dots 434 c for mess, 14 dots 25c to 14 dols 31.1 e for prime, and 16 dots 50.: to 17 dots Hie for prime mess ; including 3000 brls of the latter for the account of the French government at the quotations. The market for beef is again lower, with a moderate business at the reduction ; sales 1100 brie, closing at 9 dots 75c to 11 dole for country mess, 8 dots 75e to 9 dols 25e for ditto prime, 12 dols 75c to 13 doh 25c for Vermont mess, 11 dots to 13 dols_soe for repacked West ern, and 14 dols 25e to 15 dots fur extra ditto. Prime mess is in moderate request, end the market is steady; 400 tierces sold at If,' dols to 23 dots for common to prime. Beef hams have advanced about 1 dot per barrel, with a good inquiry ; 600 barrels choice Western at 15 dols 50e. Bacon sides are scarce, and in good demand for export ; sales 1,250 boxes, at 91c for long clear middles, and 81,c to 9c f)r short do., rib in. Cat moats continue firm, with a fair demand ; sales 675 casks at 71c to 74: for shoulders, and 81e to 9c for hams, including dry salted and pickled. Lard continues firm, with a fair business ; sales 900 bas at 101-c to 101 c. Dressed hogs are selling at 7-ic to nc Butter and cheese are in limited request at our ;I precedent at this measure, by the stoppage of navi- The market is heavy beyon THE PIOATHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1856, 196 do. Florida, 22c to 35c ; and 161 bales Sagna, on private terms. FREIGHTS . The market continues firm, with a fair business; unengaged tonnage is scarce and wanted, particularly vessels adapted to the West Tndia trade. The engagements to Liver pool, include 32 000 bushels wheat and corn, at 6 ; td to 7- $ l l , in bulk and ship's bags; 3,000 brie flour, 2s 9d; 1200 packages bacon, 200 brie sperm oil, and 140 tierces. Lard. 30s ;300 tierces beef, 4s; 500 brls turpentine, 3s; 1,500 hales cotton, id to 9-321; by the Atlantic sailing to-day, 400 tierces beef, Ge ; 200 boxes bacon, and 100 brls lard, 55s ; and by the Canadian, 8,000 bushels wheat, 7FI, in ship's bags; 2000 barrels flour, 2s 9.1; and 200 to 300 tierces, Beef. 5s EXCIIANG3 : The business in Foreign has been very light at about previous rates. We quote bills on London 8Z- to 91 per cent. premium. had sovereign rights, as well as municipal law, which were entitled to its respect. It is exceedingly to be regretted, that this international aspect of the case was overlooked. The information which has been laid before the Presi lent, has convinced him that the proceedings resorted to, for the purpose of drawing recruits from this country for the British Army, have been instigated and carried on by the active agency of British officers, and that their par ticipation therein has involved them in the double offence of infringinc , our laws, and violating our sovereign territorial rights. It there were sufficient reasons to believe that by skill fully interposing private persons as ostensible actors in carrying out their arrangements, these officers have suc cessfully shielded themselves from the penalties of our laws, still they, as well as their government, if they have acted by its authority, are responsible as parties to a nrocednre, which constitutes an international offence of Ouch a grave character as cannot be passed unnoticed by this government. The question is not, whether that government has authorised, or any of its officers have done. acts for which 'he punishment denounced by our laws can be inflicted ; ')ut whether they participated, in any form or manner, in proceedings contrary to international law, or derogatory to our national sovereignty. The information in the possession of this government is so well established by proof, and corroborated by so rnAny public acts, that the President feels warranted in present ing to the British government this conduct of her Majesty's officers, as disrespectful to the United States and incompatible with the friendly relations between the two countries. The course which the President would deem it proper to take, towards the implicated officers within the United States, depends, in some measure upon their relation to their government in this matter. Lord Clarendon's note of the 16th of July does not make it quite clear that her Majesty's government is prepared to disavow the acts complained of, and to throw the entire responsibility:of them upon its officers and agent , . The object of this note is to ascertain how far the acts of the known and acknowledged agents of the British government, done within the United States, in carrying out this scheme of recruiting for the British army, have been authorised or sanctioned by her Majesty's govern ment. Under date of the 7th of Sept., 1855, Mr. Crampton defers replying at length to the foregoing note, until "he shall have been more fully put in possession of the views of her Majesty's government in regard to all the matters to which it refers." Mr. Crampton thus concludes : I shall then do myself the honour of addressing to you a further communication; and I confidently trust that I shall be enabled altogether to remove the unfa vourable impression which has been created as to the motives and conduct of her Majesty's government, and their officers, including myself, in regard to this matter. Writing to Mr. Buchanan on the Bth of Sept., 1855, Mr. Marcy states that Mr. Crampton is personally impli cated in the transactions complained of, and he encloses copies of a part of the proofs implicating her Britannic Majesty's officers. He adds : Lord Clarendon must have been misinformed as to the actual state of things here, when he assured you that the persons who had violated our neu trality lave - were self-constituted and: unauthorised agents. If the British government choose to take pains to ascertain what disposition has been made of the large sums of money expended In carrying out the scheme of enlistments in this country, it will find that a con siderable amount of it has gone into the hands of these agents, and that it was paid to them for the purpose of being expended in the United States, in raising recruits for the British military service. On the 28th Sept., 1855, Mr. Buchanan replies, trans mitting a note received by him from Lord Clarendon on the preceding day. Referring to Mr. Crampton's note Of the 7th instant, Mr. Buchanan says :- 1 doubt very much whether the confident trust ex pressed by him in this note to you of the 7th instant will be realised, that after having been more fully put into possession of the views of his government he " shall be enabled altogether to remove the unfavourable impression which has been created as to the motives and conduct of her Majesty's Government and their officers, including myself, in regard to this matter." Lord Clarendon's note to me of yesterday renders it im probable that Mr. Crampton will receive any such instructions ; and I doubt whether the expression of his confident trust to this effect has received the approbation of his lordship. The note of Lord Clarendon referred to and transmitted with the preceding note is dated the 27th Sept., 1855, and in this his lordship says :—He had hoped from the answer which he received from Mr. Buchanan on the ItAth of July, that the explanations and assurances which he had given on this subject in his note of the 16th of that month would have proved as satisfactory to the govern ment of the United States as they appeared to be to Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Marcy, laying less stress than Mr. Buchanan did neon the alleged infraction of the municipal laws of the United States. dwells chiefly upon the point, which was but slightly adverted to by Mr. Buchanan, of an assumed disregard of the sovereign rights of the United States on the part of the British authorities, or the agents employed by them. • Her Majesty's government have no reason to believe that such has been the conduct of any persons in the employment of her Majesty, and it is needless to say that any person so employed would have departed no less from the intentions of her Majesty's government by violating international law, or by offering an affront to the sovereignty of the United States, than by infringing the municipal laws of the Union to which Mr. Buchanan called the attention of the undersigned. The British government is fully aware of the obligations of international duties, and is no less mindful of those obligations than is the government of the United States. Bat as this subject has been mooted by Mr. Marcy, her government cannot refrain from some few I Nla.jest remarks respecting it. The United States profess neutrality in the present war between the Western Powers and Russia; but have no acts been done within the United S tates, b y citizens thereof, which accord little with the spirit of neutrality' Have not arms and 'ammunition, and warlike stores of various kinds, been sent in large quantities from the United States for the service of Russia ? Have not plots been openly avowed, and conspiracies entered into with out disguise or hindrance, in various parts of the Union to take advantage of the war in which Great Britain is engaged, and to seize the opportunity for promoting insur rection in her Majesty's dominions, and the invasion thereof by an armed force proceeding from the United States ? Her Majesty's government have been silent on these matters, which they did not consider indicative of the general feelings of the American people. But her Majesty's government think themselves entitled to claim the same merit forsincerity of purpose, and uprightness of condu?t, which they readily allow to the government of the United States, and to expect that their assurance should be received. Under date of the 28 th September. 18 55, Mr. Buchanan acknowledges ttlle receipt of the preceding n o t e i n w hi c h he make any observations up on it, or t o ~ forbears o interfere in any ma nn e r, with the correspondence com mCernamceptaotn,Waas heshlngton between Mr. Marcy a n d M r . has received no instructions which would warrant him in so doing." In a communication dated October Ist, 1855. Mr. Marcy transmit s to Mr. B uchanan , the report of the trial t of n v shows ilertsoldiers for a violation of th e neu t ra lit y l aws, b y for the British A rmy , a ddi ng th a t th e m o that " Mr. Crampt on an d severa l o th e r enlistingt es British officials, are deeply implicated in the transaction." fle adds that subsequent developments show that Lord Clarendon was misinformed as to the true state of the case." Fk.m the next despatch addressed by Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Marcy, under date of the 3rd October, 1855, we extract the following The alleged agency of Mr. Crampton in the recruit ment of British soldiers within the limits of the United States, presents a serious aspect. It is remarked that Lord Clarendon, in his note to myself of the 27th ultimo, while commenting on your note of the sth September, to Mr. Crampton, should have been totally silent in regard to that gentleman, after wh it you had said respecting his conduct. I cannot but regard as offensive, the remark of his lord ship on " the extraordinary measures which," he alleges, "have been adopted in various parts of the Union, to obtain evidence against her Majesty's servants, or their agents, by practices sometimes resorted to under despotic institutions, but which are disdained by all free and enlightened governments ; " though he would doubtless say, these were not intended to apply in an offensive sense to the American government. Ile probably alludes to occurrences at Cincinnati and other places. If arms and ammunition, and warlike stores of various kinds, have been sent in large quantities from the United States for the service of Russia, as his lordship alleges, this is nothing more than our citizens had a right to do, subject to the risk under the law of contraband. Similar articles have been sent from the United States to Great Britain in large quantities. The " plots " to which his lordship refers, relate chiefly I presume, (for I do not know) to the proceedings and address of the Massachusetts Irish Emigrant Aid Society at Boston, on the 14th of August. These were republished in the London Times on the llth of Sept. ; and you will find an editorial, on this subject, on the fol lowing day. I -- Oaf the 30th Oct., 1855, Mr. Buchanan informs Mr, Marcy MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH CHARLESTON, Thursday, 28 : The cotton sales here for the week amount to 8,000 bales. Good middling, 9ac to Stock on hand, 45,000 hales. Rice is active, at 4c to 4,1-c. NEW ORLEANS, Friday, Feb. 29 : Sales of cotton to-day 8,500 bales, at a decline of l i e; middling quoted at 9c to 9tc. Pork unsettled. Flour rather better. OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. CORRESPONDENCE ON THE ENLISTMENT QUESTION. MR. CRAMPTON'S RECALL DEMANDED The important correspondence which has taken place on the sahj ?ct of the Foreign Enlistment Question, and which Lord Palmerston st ited in his place in the House of Com mons, could not possibly be 1 lid before Parliament until after the Easter recess, appears in the New York papers of the 29th ultimo. As may be supposed, the documents are extremely voluminous, and as their great length precludes the possibility of their insertion in extenso in our columns, we purpose to supply our readers with a carefully digested summary of their contents. The documents were presented to the President by Mr. Marcy, (the Secretary of State) on the 27th ult., in obedience to a resolution passed by the Senate on the 25th., and the first letter is addressed by. Mr. Crampton (the British Minister at Washington) to Mr. Marcy on the 21st of April, 1854, notifying to the American govern ment, that no letters of marque will be issued by the Alies, and asks the United States to forbid the admission of Russian privateers into American ports ; it also asks that our people be requested to observe a strict neutrality. Mr. Marcy replies, under date of April 28, 1854, that the United States will remain entirely neutral, and inti mates the desire of our government to effect a settlement of the principle that free ships make free goods, except articles contraband of war. A similar communication was transmitted to the French minister at Washington. The next document is a letter addressed by Mr. Marcy to Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister at the court of St. James. It bears date the 9th of June, 1855, and communicates that it had become known to the American authorities that a plan was on foot to select soldiers within the limits of the United States to serve in the British army. It points out that this was in total disregard of the rights of America as an independant nation, and was a procedure in clear and manifest infringement of the American laws, enacted for the express purpose of maintaining her neutral relations with other powers. After pointing out the course taken by the American Government to put a stop to the proceedings by representations made to Mr. Crampton. and through him to the British Consuls, and after relating that notwithstanding those representations and the legal measures taken by the officers of the United States , Mr. Marcy writes : I am directed by the president to instruct you to call the attention of her Majesty's Government to this subject. He desires you to ascertain how far persons in official tation under the British Government acted, in the first instance, in this matter with its approbation, and what measures, if any, it has since taken to restrain their unjustifiable conduct. The president will be much pleased to learn that her Majesty's Government has not authorized the proceedings herein complained of; and has condemned the conduct of her officials engaged therein, called them to account, and taken most decisive measures to put a stop to the illegal and disrespectful procedure. In fulfilment of his instructions, Mr. Buchanan, on the 6th July, 1855, addressed a note to the Earl of Clarendoa drawing attention to the facts, to the act of congress of the 20th April, 1813, and to the Foreign Enlistment Act (59 Geo., 111., cap. 69), both of which inflict penalties upon any individual who shall be guilty of an infraction of the laws thus created. Mr. Buchanan points out to Lord Clarendon " as worthy of remark that neither the foreign enlistment act, nor the act of congress. is confined to the enlist inent, or engagement, of British subjects or American citizens, respectively, but rightfully extends to indivi duals of all nations—' to any person whatever.' The reason is manifest. The injury to the neutral principality consists in the violation of its territorial sovereignty by the belligerent for the purpose of raising armies ; and this is the same, no mw ter what may be the national character of the persons who may agree to enter the service." To - lan solicits explanations from the ffairs. conclu Eritist r. Bucl The next document in order of date is a communication from Mr. Marcy to Mr. Buchanan, dated 15th July, 1955, in which Mr. Marcy announces : Since my dispatch of the 9th ultimo, in relation to recruiting soldiers within the United States for the British army, information has been received here that the business is not only continued, but prose cuted with increased vigour and success, and there is no doubt that it is carried on by the efficient aid of the officers and agents of the British government. It was expected, after the attention of her Britannic Majesty's minister near this government was directed to this subject, and after he had presented Lord Clarendon's note of the 12th of April last to this department, and given assurances that steps had been taken to arrest the illegal procedure, that we should have witnessed no further participation by British functionaries in the attempt to invade our sove reignty and defy our laws. If an apology, grounded upon an alleged ignorance of our laws, could be offered for introducing this scheme for recruiting the British army by men drawn from the United States, that excuse could not be available after the provi sions of these laws were first made known to those engaged in the scheme. Since that time many months have elapsed, and the British officers, with a full knowled ge o f th e ill ega lity o f the procedure, persist in carrying on this obnoxious scheme, without any open disapproval by the home government, or any attempt to arrest it. This persistence of British officers, residents here or in the provinces, in countenancing and aiding, unrestrained by their government, and apparently with its approval, to carry out this device of drawing recruits for the British army from the United States, gives grave impor tance to the subject, and calls, as the President believes, for some decisive rep'ration. As recruiting for the British army in the mode alluded to is still prosecuted in the United States by officers and agents employed for that purpose, the President instructs you to say to Her Majesty's government, that he expects it will take prompt and effective measures t o arres t th e i r proceedings, and to discharge from withinthe United service tho s e States, persons now in it who wereenlisted or who left the United States under contracts made here to enter and serve as soldiers in the British army. On the 16th July, 1835, the Earl of Clarendon forwarded a reply to Mr. Buchanan from which we make the follow ing extracts. Lord Clarendon says : • Some months ago her Majesty's government were informed, from various sources, that in the British North American possessions, as well — as in the United States, there were many subjects of the Queen who, from sentiments of loyalty, and many foreigners who, from political feeling, were anxious to enter her Majesty's service, and to take part in the war. Her Majesty's government, desirous of availing themselves of the offers of these volunteers, adopted the measures necessary for making generally known that her Majesty's government were ready to do so, and for receiving such persons as should present themselves at an appointed place in one of the British possessions. The right of her Majesty's government to act in this way was incontes tible ; but at the same time they issued stringent instruc tions to guard against any :violation of the United States law of neutrality. It can scarcely be matter of surprise that when it became known that her Majesty's government was pre pared to accept these voluntary offers, many persons, in yarious quarters, should give themselves out as agents employed by the British Government, in the hope of earning reward by promoting, though on their own re sponsibility, an object which they were aware was favourably looked upon by the British government. Her Majesty's government do not deny that the acts and advertisements orthese self constituted and unauthorised agents were in many instances undoubted violations of the law of the United States ; but such persons had no authority whatever for their proceedings from any British agents, by all of whom they were promptly and unequi vocally disavowed. Lord Clarendon then details the steps taken by him in directing Mr. Crampton to issue strict orders to the British Consuls in the United States to be careful not :to violate the law, and stating that Mr. Crampton was enjoined, above all, to have no concealment from the government of the U n ited States, adding that in the absence from Washington of Mr. Crampton, her Majesty's charge d'Affaires had placed in Mr. Marcy's hands a despatch on the subject expressly stating that Her Majesty's government would on no account run any risk of infringing this (the neutrality) law of the United Slates. The general tenor of Lord Clarendon's note—its disavowals and its regrets —were tcertainly concili atory, and the concluding paragraph, declaring that all proceedings for enlistments in North America had been put an end to by her Majesty's Government, for the avowed reason that the advantages which her Majesty's service might derive from such enlistments, would not be sought for by her Majesty's Government if it were sup posed to be obtained in disregard of the respect due to the law of the United States, was highly satisfactory. Then The document is a note from Mr, Marcy to Mr. Cramp- came the • declaration of Lord Palmerston to the same British ton, bearing date the sth September, 18'45. After reciting effect in the House of Commons on the 2nd August, in which he explicitly declared that, in order to avoid ques the previous correspondence, it says— firms with the United States, the Government " had put In authorizing a plan of recruitment, which WIS to be au end to the enlistment of forces which used to take carried c - it in part within our territories, the Government seem to have f orgo tt en th a t the United States place at Halifax. ?' This declaration wa s , to my know ' leu o A-e, reoeived with much satisfaction by Mr. Milner Gibson, who had made the inquiry of Lord Palmerston, as well as by many other liberal members of Parliament. The next document is a despatch from Mr. Marcy to Mr. Buchanan, bearing date the 18th Oct., 1855. This despatch reiterates the charge that British officers and agents had infringed the laws enacted for the maintenance of neutrality to friendly powers, that a scheme for recruit.. ing for the British army had been arranged by British officers, that rendezvous had been opened by them in the principal cities of the United States, that arrangements had been made with recruits, that money had been paid to them, and that liberal promises of other considerations had been held out as an inducement for entering the British service. He states that the reply of the British government had received the fullest consideration from the President, who rectrets to be obliged to adopt the con clusion that it is not satisfactory. The American govern ment has a right to look for something more than a laconic reply to the demand for redress for a violation of the laws, and an affront to the sovereign rights of the United States. The writer remarks that the conclusion adopted by Lord Clarendon is preceded by a general objection to all the evidence, by which the charges against the British officers and agents are sustained. Lord Clarendon declares thatlthe " extraordinary " measures adopted to obtain evidence against her Majesty's servants or their agents, "though resorted to under despotic institutions, are disdained by all free and en lightened governments." government, at their own absolute discretion, and to ente e the service of any other State when once within its fron tier. To invite them, or to persuade them, to do what is thus lawful, can constitute no violation of the territorial rights which the sovereign power has never claimed or exercised. _ _ It is, moreover, to be observed that in this case no United States citizens, as far as her Majesty's government are aware, were engaged ; but those actually enlisted within the British North American provinces, and those expected, were, to the best of our belief, exclusively foreigners, and not citizens of the United States. Without entering further into a discussion of this peculiar doctine, I will only remark that, at all events, it was not proclaimed, or insisted upon. by the United States, either at the commencement of the war, or when the desire of her Majesty's government to raise a foreign >Rion was first published, or when a recruiting station was first opened at Halifax. The linked States, therefore, although always, and most properly, insisting on their right and intention to punish violations of their municipal law. took no step to proclaim, or vindicate, the particular doctrine now set forth until a very late period of the discussion, and after the time for giving effect to it had gone by. The charge of " violation of sovereign territorial rights " cannot, therefore, in the opinion of her Majesty's government, be fairly urged as a separate and different charge from that of violation of the municipal law of the United States. But the municipal law was certainly not violated by the orders, nor as far as they believe, by the officers of her Majesty's government; and both her Majesty's government and her Majesty's minister at Washington, gave reiterated orders to all concerned, carefully to abstain from such violation ; and if the British govern ment did not purposely cause the United States law to be violated, then the territorial rights of the United States, whatever they may be, were not, as has been said, inten tionally violated by Great Britain as a nation, even if it should be shown that the municipal law of the Union was infringed. _ _ _ _ _ The only reply which can be made to an allegation so exceedingly indefinite is, that this government has autho rised or used no other but ordinary or legitimate modes of obtaining evidence against British officers, nor has it any reason to belieVe or suspect that any persons, with or without its countenance, have adopted any measures whatever for obtaining such evidences which would not find abundant sanction in the established practice of the administration of penal law in Great Britain. Repelling this charge of imitating " despotic institu tions," and doing what is " disdained by all free and en lightened governments," it is proper to remark that., if it were sustainable, it would not warrant the conclusion which Lord Clarendon has deduced from it, which is, that the evidence ":will fail to establish any well-founded charge against her Majesty's government.'' Lord Clarendon mnst. I think, intend to be understood as impeaching our neutrality in the present war, though there appears to be some indistinctness in his language. Before Cconclude this despatch it may be us , ful to place on record certain facts connected with question of recruit ing. in North America, the correctness of which will, I doubt net, be admitted by Mr. Marcy ; and I will observe first, That the United States Government were, from the first,'perfeetly well aware that her Majesty's Government were in want of recruits, and were desirous of raising a foreign legion. Secondly, That preparations were making to receive recruits in a British North American colony for such a legion. Thirdly, That her Majesty's Government expected to receive recruits there for such a legion from the United States, although, whilst so doing, they were anxious not to violate the United States law. - It is' certainly a novel doctrine of international law, that traffic by citizens or subjects of a neutral power with belligeremts, though it should be in arms, ammunition, and warlike stores, compromits the neutrality of that power. That the enterprise of individuals, citizens of the United States, may have led them in some instances, and to a limited extent, to trade with Russia in some of the specified articles, is not denied—nor is it necessary that it should be, for the purpose of vindicating this govern ment from the charge of having disregarded the duties of neutrality in this war. _ _ Fourthly, that many British subjects and foreigners in the United States were bona fide " volunteers," desirous from various, but natural, and powerful motives, to enlist. Numerous offers to raise men within the United States were made. but were consistently and honourably refused by her Majesty's ministers and consuls, in order to avoid violating the United States law. Lord Clarendon is most respectfully askta to look on the other side of the case. Have the citizens of the United States had no traffia with Great Britain. during the present war, in arms, ammunition, and warlike stores ? Private manufacturing establishments in the United States have been resorted to for powder, arms, and war like stores for the use of the Allies, and immense quanti ties of, provisions have been furnished to supply their armies in the Crimea. Russia may have partaken scan tily, but the Allies have undoubtedly partaken largely, in benefits derived from the capital, the industry, and the inventive genius of American citizens in the war; but as this government has had no connection with these pro ceedings, neither belligerent has any just ground of complaint against it. . . . Fifthly : That Mr. Marcy was in confidential communi cation with you on the subject for months without ever, that I am aware of, warning you against attempting any thing of the kind, or stating that the United States would resist, or resent it, apart from any question of municipal law ; thus, in effect, acquiescing, and only insisting that, the United States law should be respected. Sixthly : That as soon as it became apparent that the United States government was adverse to the scheme, and that it might lead to violations of the United States law. the whole project was abandoned out of deference to the United States; but this conclusive proof of the good faith an l good will of her Majesty's government has not been noticed, or appreciated, by the government of the United Lord Clarendon further asks—Have not plots been openly avowed and conspiracies entered into,: without disguise or hindrance, in various parts of the union, to take advantage of the war in which Great Britain is en gaged, and to seize the opportunity for promoting insur• rection iu her Majesty's dominions, and the invasion thereof by an armed force proceeding from the United States ? States. Seventhly : That the whole question in dispute now turns, not on what is doing, or shall or may be done, by her Majesty's government, but on what was done many months ago under a system which is not continuing, nor about to be revived, and:which has been voluntarily and definitively abandoned, in order to satisfy the United States, and to prevent the occurrence of any just ground for complaint. The foregoing facts and considerations, which demon.. strate that no offence to the United States was-offered, or contemplated by her Majesty's Government, may, per haps, have weight with Mr. Marcy, if the matter at issue is to be settled in a manner becoming the governments of Great Britain and the United States, and with a deep sense of the responsibility which weighs on them to maintain, uninterrupted and unshaken, the relations of friendship which now exist between the two countries and her Majesty's Government, fully reciprocating the feelings of the United States government, expressed in Mr. Marcy's despatch, with regard to the many ties and sympathies which connect together the people of the two countries, do not permit themselves to doubt that such I further discussions as may take place on this question will be conducted in a spirit of conciliation. _ _ This government replies that it has no knowledge, or belief, whatever of the existence of any such plots or con spiracies. If the British government believe that plots and conspiracies arc really on foot in any part of the United States, and will furnish any clue by which they can be detected, it may be assumed that this government will act promptly, and efficiently, in bringing them to light, and punishing the offenders, and it will not consider itself in any way relieved from doing its whole duty in this respect by what has taken place here in reference to recruitments for the British army. It would be an inexcusable perversion of such senti ments if they were permitted to induce this government to pass unnoticed the violation ;of its laws, or to throw open its territories fo the recruiting officers of any foreign power. This government believes, and has abundant proof to warrant its belief, that her Britannic Majesty's officers and agents have transgressed our laws and disregarded our rights, and that its solemn duty requires that it should vindicate both by insisting upon a proper satisfaction. The president indulges the hope that this demand for redress will be deemed reasonable, and will be acceded to by her Britannic Majesty's Government. In a despatch, dated November 2nd, 1855, Mr. Buchanan details to Mr. Marcy a conversation with Lord Claren_ don at the Foreign Office on the preceding day, on the subject of the recruitment question. Mr. Buchanan states that after he had called his lordship's attention to the conviction of Wagner for a violation of the neutrality laws, Lord Clarendon produced extracts from a despatch of Mr. Crampton's, in which that gentleman emphatically denied the truth of Trobel's testimony, and Hertz's con fession, and in concluding this part of the conversation Lord Clarendon declared, in a sincere and emphatic man ner. that nothing had been further from the intention of the British government than to violate the neutrality of the United States, or to give them cause of offence. He could also declare, in regard to hi:nself personally, that he would not act in such a manner towards cue of the weak. est powers—not even towards Monaco—and certainly would not so towards the great and powerful republic of the United States, for which he had ever entertained the warmest feelings of respect and friendship. It only remains for me to state that no enlistment in the British service is valid with3ut attestation ; and that, accord, ing to British laws, a recruit cannot be attested in a foreign country, nor even in the British colonies, without a specially delegated authority for that purpose. No binding contract could, therefore, be made with any man within the United States ; promises might be so made ; but any money given to men to enable them to repair to places beyond the United States territory, for the purse of being enlisted, would be advanced at a risk ; nevertheless, if it can be shown that there , are persons now in the foreign leeion who have been enlisted or hired in violation of the United States law, as well as of the British law, her Majesty's government will be prepared to offer them their discharge, and to give them free passage back to the United States. if they choo.e to return thither. _ _ _ You are instructed to read and give a copy of this de spatch to Mr. Marcy. I am, &L. CLARENDON. John F. Crampton, Esq , &c., &c., &e. LORD CLAItENDON TO MR. CRAMPTON. Foreign Office, April 5, 1855 Sir,—l entirely approve of your proceedings, as re, ported in your despatch, No. .57, of the 12th ult, s with respect to the proposed enlistment in the Quen'a Service of foreigners and British subjects in the United States. We afterwards had some conversation about the inva sion of Ireland, which I never treated seriously. In a subsequent despatch, dated the 9th Nov., 1855, Mr Buchanan narrates to Mr. Marcy a second interview with Lord Clarendon on the subject of the conduct of the American Government, in causing the seizure,and exami nation of the barque Marcy, at New York, which the British Government had learned was intended for a Rus sian privateer. Mr. Buchanan referred to this act of his government as a proof of its sincerity in the maintenance of neutrality, and suggested the recall of the British ti This Lord Clarendon promised to take into his considera tion, but added, that he could do nothing without consult ing his Cabinet. • The instructions which I addressed to you upon tbi‘ subject, and those which were sent to the Governor of NovA Scotia, were founded upon the reports front various quarters that reached her Majesty's governntent of thq desire felt by many British subjects, as well as Germans l in the United States to enter the queen's seervice, fur the purpose of taking part in the war in the East ; but he law of the United States with respect to enlistment, however conducted, is not only very just but very stringent, according to the report which is enclosed in you r d espatc h , and her liftesty's government would on no account run any risk of infringing this law of the United States. CLARUNDOM. The concluding dispatch is dated the 28th December, Next in order follows a despatch from Lord Clarendon to Mr. Crampton, dated the 10th Nov., 1855. His Lord 1855. It is addressed by Mr. Marcy to Mr. Buchanan, and its importance, as well as its voluminous character, prevent its appearance in our co!umns to-day. We, therefore, postpone its publication until to-morrow, con tenting ourselves in the meantime with quoting the two following paragraphs Her Majesty's minister to th's government, Mr. Crampton, has taken a conspicuTus part in organising and executing the scheme for recruiting for the British army within the United States. Were it possible, with due regard to the evidence and disclosures in the case, to assign him a subordinate part in the scheme, even that would not allow the president to change the course which he is obliged, under the circumstances, to pursue toward him. Any participation in the project, as it has beep developed, of raising recruits in this country for thct British service, was incompatible with his official relatiomi with this government. His connection with that affaic has rendered him an unacceptable rcpresentative of hep Britannic Majesty near this government, and you ere directed by the president to ask her Majesty's government to recall him. ships says : • It appears] that two distinct charges are made against the officers and agents of her Majesty's Government : First, That they have, within the United States terri tory, infringed the United States law; and secondly, that they have violated the sovereign terr itorial rights of the United States by being engaged "in recruiting" for the British army within the United States territory. Now, with respect to both these charges, I have to ob serve that the information possessed by her Majesty's inasmuch as no individ ua l Government is imperfect , tish officer or agent is named, and; . no particular fact, or time, or place stated. It is true that you and her Majesty's Consuls are per sonally charged in Mr. Marcy s note to you of the sth of September; but neither you, nor they, are alluded to in Mr. Marcy's despatch of October 13 to Mr. Buchanan, which might not unreasonably have been expected, if it really be the intention of the United States goovernment to charge you or them with being "malefactors sheltered from conviction," (to use the official language of the United States Attorney-General.) They must, therefore, request the United States govern ment to make and establish more distinct charges, with proper specification, against particular individuals by name ; and that government will, I am confident, not deny the justice, and the necessity, of giving each person implicated the opportunity of knowing what is alleged against himself, and of dealing with the evidence by which the charge Tray be supported. With reference to the second charge made by Mr. Marcy—namely, that of "violating the sovereign terri torial rights of the United States, by recruiting for the Britishi army in their territories", I have to observe that apart, from any municipal legislation in the United States on the subject of foreign enlistment, or in the entire absence of any such legislation, Great Britain, as a belligerent nation, would commit no violation of the " sovereign territorial rights of the United States," simply by enlisting soldiers, within British territory, persons who might leave the United States territory in order so to enlist. The violation alleged is the recruiting within the United States ; but to assume that there was in fact, any such "recruiting," (that is, hiring or retaining by British officers,) is to beg the question. There can be no question that the men , w ho went to Halifax were free, and not compelled to be soldiers on their arrival. Upwards of ono hundred Irishmen in one body, for instance, if her majesty's government are rightly informed, refused to enlist on arriving there, and said they came in order to work on a railway. They were, therefore, n ot enlisted, hired, or retained , as soldiers in the United ' States ; no attempt was made to enforce against them any such contract or engagement. It cannot, therefore, be said that Mr. Marcy's doctrine is in accordance with the general practice of nations ; and high authority might be quoted directly averse to any such doctrine as applicable to free countries, " übi civitas 21011 career est." But even admitting the alleized doctrine as to the bearing of the principle of territorial sove reignty, its application must obviously be subject to many limitations in practice. Her Majesty had (for instance), internationally, an unquestionable right to recall to her standard displayed upon her own territory, those of her own subjects capable of bearing arms who might be transiently 'or temporarily resident in a foreign country, and her Majesty would not thereby incur any risk of violating the " territorial soye reignity " of such country. It is, of course, competent to any nation to enact a municipal law, snch as actually exists in many countries, forbidding its subject 3 to leave its territory, but in such cases " civitas career est ;" and it may be the duty of other countries to abstain from actively assisting the captives to escape from the national prison, in order to serve another master ; but the government of the United States has enacted no such law-.-it justly boasts of its complete freedom in this respect, " ciantas non career est;" all resi dents therein, whether foreigners or citizens, are perfectly I free to leave its territory without the permission of the Mr. Rowcroft, the British Consul at Cincinnati, and Mr. Matthew, the British Consul at Philadelphia, are implicated in the recrui.ing project, and you are further directed LI the President to ask fc.r their removal for that cause. SHIPWRECK, -- T The Douro (s.s.), Mr. William London, master, arrived here from Lisbon in little more than Lice days, reports that, about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, about 8 miles S.W. of the Smalls, she passed , a barque, app rently about 600 or 700 tons. The greater part of the vessel was under water, beinsr in ne t a h r e ly Whaaltferk.eelTuhpe.re T w h: foremast was gone; the rigging & c., of the main an d about eight f ee t, out o f the t a n nd th m e as tr t ac er k s southw r a g rd t , o wom f nai v i:y e ee vessels e p i n I s oTra c hts o ieto m s nw i wnro wreck cr f ekt r h o wde t r a n a stern , sgo fig r io g na o t i i n n g g of vessels will do well t o be on alo t n h gi e look -out h there tq prevent accident. Captain London made some efforts ti h ascertain what the wrec k was, but in consequence of Of position it was quite impossible, neither could he have towed her, from the same cause. It is believed in welt-informed quarters at Vienna, that the Peace Conferences were going on well. Although it is given out that Prince Gortschake is summoned to St. Petersburg for some temporary pur pose, the general impression is that he is re called altogether from his post at Vienna, where his former arrogant policy rendered it inexpedient for him any longer to remain. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the .Tournal Des lebests, states that epidemic fevers are committing great ravages in the Crimea, and that the ranks of the Russian army have been so thinned that it will be necessary to keep all the militia to fill up blanks to pre.erve the army even on a peace fo otin g . The British flying squadron has p rocee d e d on t h e further part of the Baltic, and, if not prevented by the ice, ma y possibly extend its visit to the Gulf of Finland. The o ffi c i a l paragraphs of the Ilfoniteur, of Wednesday, announce the appointment Of two Ladies to the post of Under Governesses to the Enfants de France. They are Madame Bizot, widow of the General of Engineers of that name, who fell mortally wounded before Sebas topol; and Madame de Brancion, widow of Colonel Brancion, of the 50th regiment of the line, also killed before Sebastopol for western quoted r RICE : reporting gation, and we have no sales _ SALT : The of latehave Gen arrivals light, but as little disposed of for a long time past, the stocks continue ge in both first and second hands SUGXF The market contir. very firm, but the trade buy sparingly, owing to the difficulty of , city locomotion ; the, business, however, is increasing, and full prices continue to be realised. TOBACCI The demand is good, hut as the stocks are daily. reduced, business is restricted, and prices gradually tend up ward ; sales y 75 hhds. Kentucky at loc to 13i-, cents.; 98 bales Havana, 234 c to 30c ; 86 cases seed leaf, Fe to 14c;