The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Mr. ROEBUCK asked wc;t11,;;•• the Solicitor-General
bed stated that it was the intention of the government to
',mantra** with the government of the Confederate states
upon their employment of agents for illegal parpoees, and
ae the Fret Lord of the Treasury had declared that her
Majesty's government desired to maintain the strictest
neutrality between the Confederate and Fedend states, it
was istended to remonstrate with the government of the
Federal states upon the employment by them of agents in
Ireland for the purpose of enlisting as soldiers the subjects
of her Majesty. The boo. and learned gentleman com-
mented with some severity on the alleged apathy of the
government in not taking measures to stop Federal recruit-
tag in Ireland, and concluded by expressing &hope that the
noble lord at the head of the government (who, he said, he
believed was not a Federal at heart) would insist upon a
policy of perfect and absolute neutrality.
Lord PALMERSTON said that Earl Russell was the
organ of the goverment in all its relations with foreign
powers, and that he had not taken any step is referees, to
the subject to which Yr. Roebuck had called attention
without the assent of his colleagues. The latter were ell
equally responsible with him, and nothing could be more un-
Fjust than an attempt to single out the noble earl at the
oreign-office, and to seek to make him alone liable for acts
for which the whole cabinet was equally responsible. As
regarded the Federal and Confederate states, her
Majesty's government wished to preserve the mat
rigid impartiality ; bid it should be remembered that
there was a great difference in the relative positions
of the two belligerents. It was comparatively easy to watch
the progress of shipbuilding, and to prevent armed vessels
for Confederate account front proceeding to sea, but it was
extremely difficult to prevent recruiting for the Federal',
because the agents of that power were too cautions and
intelligent to bring themselves within the meshes of the
Foreign Enlistment Act. They evaded the act by offering
facilities for labourers to emigrate ; and, whoa it was
*maidens.' that the wages offered were so largely
in excises of those to he obtained at borne, ft
wpm not unreasonable to expect that the induce-
ment would be sufficient to attract numbers of young men
across the Atlantic. On their arrival in America they were
no doubt encountered by other meats, who prevailed upon
them to enter the ranks of the Federal army. As yet the
government hail not obtained any evidence against Federal
recruiting agents in Ireland, but the house might depend
upon it that if any snob could be procured, immediate steps
would be taken to vindicate the law.
After a few remarks by Sir J. FEFLGU3SON,
Mr. BRIGHT, after observing that he had never heard
le that house language so unworthy of it an that he had
heard from Mr. Roebuck, said there was no necessity for
the government of America to invite Irishmen to go to
America. He only marvelled that any Irishman, not the
owner of laud, would remain in that blighted and unhappy
country

Rome observations were made by Lord R. CECIL, and
Mr. K I NGLAKE decLired that the language uttered by
Mr. Roebuck, and the terms "base. cowardly, and cor-
rupt," which he had applied to the government at Wash-
ington, did not espressos the opioios of any party in that
house, or any fraction of a party in the honer ; they repre-
sented his own opinion aloes.
Tha subject then dropped.
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Mr. HENNESSY, thinking it desirable, in joatificatioa of
what he had stated on a former night, that the house should
know what was the declared policy of Martini on the subject
of aseueination, read an extract from • aeries of lettere
addressed by Maazini to Daniel Manic, and published in
London, entitled " (:to the Theory of the Dagger."
Mr. W. E. FORSTER did not think the observations and
speech of the boo. end learned gentleman would add dig-
nity to the pros:codicils' of that house. He had brought
forward • charge against an absent man, who, whatever Ids
fault., was • man of high character, and who wee now under
• charge made against him by a foreign government, which
the hoe. and learned member did not venture to say he
believed was well founded, and which, in the general belief,
was not well founded. It was gemeally believed that
Mezzini was not implicated in any plot for the purpose
of &marinating the Emperor of the French, and that if
there were any plot at all, it had been got up to implicate
Menial. It was not making a right use of that house to
read from a painnblet published some years ago to found •
charge against Mauled, and which would be takes that he
wee guilty of the crime of measainatioe. It was making •
one of the home for • purpose for which it ought not to be
med. If the bon. gentleman supposed that there was any
foundation for the charge let him call upon the government
to institute a prosecution against Martini. The pamphlet
might contain many foolish thins, but if they were called
our
ft
tooljudglof its
em.ipirlinciear.lles they should have the whole
Mr. G. DUFF observed that naturally Mr. Mummy dis-
liked Martini, because he bad done more than any other
man to keep alive in evil times the great idea of Italian
unity. The hon. member was • warm sympathiser with
the Polish insurrection, yet never bad an insurrection so
disgraced itself as that by its reliance upon the dagger of
the assamin.

Mr. DISRAELI ridiculed the idea that because M.
Massini waa absent therefore free discussion in this
boom upon bis acts was not to be permitted. Ws
tioaocirable friend had shown that he was justified in
the observations be made on a former night.
Her, was • plot to assessinate a neighbouring
sovereign ; one of the parties encased was M. Marzini, and
a minister of the crown, who admitted that he was the friend
of Mazzini, if not the correspondent of Greco, had declared
from his personal observation of Mazziars character that
he was convinced be was incapable of entertaining the
odious opinions that had been attributed to him. All he
could say was, that the answer of the Under Secretary to
the question of Sir L Palk was most unsatisfactory.

THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
The house then went into committee, when, on the re-
committal of Vote 8, the labour rote,
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Mr. BTANSFELD to explain the causes of the
very considerable increase of vote, for wages to artifi-
cers, labourers, and others employed io the establishments
at home, the amount being 1,275,3164, that of last year
being 1,112,878/. After *bowleg that the condition of the
Davy as regarded men was eminently satisfactory, he in.
!Fisted upon the policy of • rapid construction of the newest
sad most powerful vessels. coosidering that consumption of
time and slowness of construction were incompatible with
the rapidity of changes at the pelmet day. It was seosmary,
he observed, to have a little courage in dialing with
these matters; like • manufacturer, who hastened to
adopt the newest and best machinery. Relying upon
mimics and theory, the Admiralty endeavoured rot to be
left hthisti„ not is the slumber, but is the design and