The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1882.

The following despatch in perfectly consistent
with the conduct of the British goverment up to
the present date :

LORD J. RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS.
Foreign-offioe, March 2, 1861.
My Lord,—The American minister called upon me yester-
day afternoon, and read to me a despatch of Judge Black,
dated the 28th of February. In thin despatch Judge Black
expresses his conviction that States which have separated
from the United States without any legal or constitutional
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right to do so will not be acknowledged as independent
States by Great Britain. Her Majesty's government have
shown, he said, so friendly an interest in the welfare of the
United States, that it is due to them to state that the
United States have not acknowledged the right
of the Seceding States to claim independence, and
do not design to do so. I replied to Mr. Dallas
shortly sad verball►, stating that, even if the government of
the United States had been willing to acknowledge the sepa•
ration of the Seceding States as founded in right, her
Majesty's government would have seen with great concern
the dissolution of the Union which bound together the
members of the American Republic. That the opposition
of the government of the United States to any each separa-
tion, and the denial by them of its legality, would make
her Majesty's government very reluctant to take any step
which might encourage or sanction the separation. That,
however, it was impossible to state, at the present moment,
in what shape the question might present itself ; nor was
it in my power to bind the British government to any par-
ticular course of conduct in cases of which the circurnatences

and the significance were at present unknown to us.--I
am, &c., (3iamed) J. RUSSILL.

In May Lord J. Russell reports the substance of
a conversation he bad held with Messrs. Yancey,
Rost, and Mann, the " delegates" from the Con-

rodeiste States :

WILD J. SCIIBILL TO LOZD MM.
Foreign-die, May 11, 186 L
My Lord,—On Saturdey last I received se my house Mr.

Yancey, Mr. Mann, and Judge Rost, the three pntionen
deputed by the Southern Confederacy to obtain their rr

cognition ma an independent State. One of these gentlemen,
speaking for the others, dilated on the mum which had
induced the Southern States to secede from the Northern.

The principal of these mace, be said, was not slavery, but
the very high price which, for the sake of protecting the
Northern manufacturers, the South were obliged to pay for
the manufactured goods which they required. One of the
trot acts of the Southern Congress was to reduce this.
duties, and, to prove their sincerity, he gave as an instance that
LooMiaria had given up altogether that protection on Imo
sugar whkb she en loped by the legislation of the United States.
As a proof of the riches of the South, he stated that of
3.50,000,000 dollars of esparto of produce to foreign coun-
tries, 270,000.000 were furnished by the Southern States.
I said that I could hold no official communication with the

delegates of the Southern States. That, however, when the
question of recognition rains to be formally discussed there
were two points upon which inquiry must be made ; trek
whether the body whin recognition could maintain its
position as an independent Suite ; secondly, in what manner
it was proposed to maintain relations with foreign States
After speaking at some length on the fret of these points
and alluding to the news of the secession of Virginia and
other intelligence favourable to their cause, thews
gentlemen called my attention to the article in
their constitution preoribitieg the slave trade. I said
that it IVY alleged very currently that if the slave
states found that they could sot compete successfully with
the cotton of other countries, they would revive the slave
trade for the wpm of diminishing the cost of production.
They said this was a suspicion unsupported by any proof.
The fact was, that they had prohibited the slave trade, and
did mimosa to revive it. They pointed to the new tariff
of the United Stain as a proof that Britiah manufactures
would be nearly excluded from the North, and freely ad-
mitted in the South. Other observations were made, bat
not of very great importance. The delegate. concluded by
stating that they should remain in Loudon for the present,
in the hope that the recognition of the Southern Confede-
racy would not be long delayed.-1 am, arc.,
(Signed) J. Annul..
There are several despatches relating to the mis-
sion of a secret agent of the Federal Government to
Canada, and his recall in ounsequence of remon-
strances from Lord Lyons, and with regard to the
closing of the Southern ports by decree, which
neither the British nor the French government
were prepared to recognise. The arrests of Mr.
Patrick and Mr. Rah ming, the visit of the Sumter
to Trinidad, the alleged violation of British ter-
ritory by United States soldiers, and an attempt to
enlist men in Canada, afforded matter for much
"conversation" between the Cabinets. Two de-
. vetches more particularly indicate the constantly
recurring questions between America and England.
L LORD LTORII TO RLIL RUSSELL.--ORCRITZD NOT. 19.)
Washington, Nov. 4, 1861.

Mr. Seward eked me whether any special communication

concerning American affairs bad recently taken place
between the British and French governments. I replied
that the two governments were constantly in confidential
communication on the present state of this country, but
that I did not know of anything of aspecial character which
had lately passed between them on the subject. Mr.
Seward then said that I must have seen tit:, reports in the
newspapers about the proceedings of the French Chambers
'of Commerce with regard to the cotton supply. Had any-
thing passed lately on that subject between the British
and French governments? I replied, not to my knowledge.