The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-15 00:00:00

the prisoners.
With regard to the suitable apology which the British
government had a right to expect, I and that the govern-
ment of the United States distinctly and unequivocally de-
clares that no directions bad been given to Captain Wilkes,
or to any other naval officer, to arrest the four persona
named, or any of them, on the Trent or ow any other British
vessel, or on any other neutral vessel, at the plus where it
occurred or elsewhere.
I lisdremahne, that the Secretary of State expressly
forbear' to justify the particular sit of whisk her Majesty's
government complained. If the United States govern-
ment had alleged that although Captain Wilkes
had no previous instruction for that purpose, he
wits right in capturing the persons of the tow
prisoners, and in removing them from the Trent on laud
his own easel, to be afterwards carried into a port td ties
United States, the government which had thus anodised
the proceeding of Captain Wilkes would have become re-
sponsible for the original violence and insult al the act. But
Mr. Seward contents himself with stales that what has
happened has been simply an inadvaissey, cesskting in a
departure by a naval akar, free hem 4 sessetal moths,
from a rule uncertainly established, sal peaddly by the
several parties concerned either impedes* esileateed
entirely unknown. The Secretary elf Slate goes en to albs
that far this error the British gramment has a right to
expect the same reparation which the United States, as ea
independent state, should expect from Great Britain, or
from any other friendly nation in a similar case.
Her Majesty's government having carefully taken sets
their consideration the liberation of the prisoners, the de•
livery of them into your hands, and the eeTkeetieee
which I have just referred, have arrived at the concludes
that they constitute the reparation which her Majesty end
the British nation bad a right to expect.
It gives her Majesty's government great satisfaction to be
enabled to arrive at • conclusion favourable to the ssinie-
name of the mod Madly relations between the We
indictee. I need act Meows the modification' in my, dal&
meat of facts whirls Mr. Seward lays he has derived frees
the reports of diem al his government.
I cannot conclude, however, without adverting shortly to
the discussions which Mr. Seward has raised apse Oats
sell prominently brought into question in my despatch el
Sid air el November. I there objected, on the part ot
Ye lbjedy's government, to that which Captain Was
lied dm. Mr. Seward, in his answer, Pointe out whet
be „eresesives Captain Wilkes might have done without
11 debiting the law of nations.
his not necessay that I should here discuss in detail the
fieggastions ably arguedby the Secretary of State ; but it is
seessary that I should say that her Majesty's government
differ from Mr. Seward in some of the conclusions at which
be hie arrived. had it may lead to a better understanding
between the two nations on several points of international
law which may during the present contest or at some future
time be brought into voodoo, that I should state to you.
for communication to the Secretary of State, wherein those
differentia consist ; I hope to do so ins fewer
In the meantime it will be desirable the com-
manders et the United States earners should be instrueted
not to repeat acts fee whisk the Modish government will
have to ask for redress, and which the United States go-
vernment cannot undertake to justify.
You will read and give a copy of this despatch to the
vetazy of State.—l am, he.,
(Signed) Stamm

point.
la regard to the export of arms and ammunition to the
Ocaloderate States, I had lately reed the opinion of the
Aliceney-General, and believed it was in entire conformity
with the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act ; war-
like equipment of a vessel was prohibited k the leading a
vessel with arms and ammunition was not prohibited. Bat
in point of fact, a much greater amount of arms and ammu-
nitisksj been eent to the Federal States, where there woe
ao elosteedito the export or the hopes* then to the ports of
the Confederate States which were blockaded. Mr. Adams
admitted this to be the fact, and said he had refrained from
pressing a more rigorous complianse with the Foreign En-
listment Act for this reason.
I then stated to Mr. Adams the substance of the two
despatches I had written to Lord Lyons on the subject of
the Trent.
I told him that in a private letter I bad directed Lead
Lyons to talk the matter over with Mr. Seward two days
before reading to him the despatch. Mr. Adams asked
whether the direction to Lord Lyons to leave Wathiegton
in seven days was in the despatch to be ead. I said it was
not, and that in case Mr. Seward should ask what would be
the consequence of a refusal on his part to comply with our
conditions, Lord Lyons was to decline to answer that quo-
taw, in order not to have the appearance of a threat. I
said that I thought the explanation that the government
had not authorised the seizure would stand in the place of

aatc mart .r. TO LAID LYON&
Foreign Moe, January 11, 1862.
My Lord.—Your conduct in the important matter of the
Trent is entirely approved by her Majerty. The discre-
tion and good temper you have shown have contributed
greatly to the sneer of our operations.
In order to give your lordship, by a public document, a
proof that you have acted strictly according to the instruc-
Dons you have received, I inclose an extract, annexed to
thistlinpatch, of a prints letter 1 addrened to you on the
Ist of December Isst.—l am &c.,
(SIVA/ ItosasiM.

an apology.
But the essential condition wee, that Mr. Mason and Mr.
Slidell should be given up to Lord Lyons. Mr. Adams said
that if the matter was stated to Mr. Seward is the manner
I had explained, he hoped for an amicable termination of
the difference ; he thought that if the government
of the United States insisted on maintaining the
act of Captain Wilkes, the United States would
be abandoning their doctrine and adopting ours.
Mr. Adams asked me a further question, which
he maid I might decline to answer ; it waa whether, if Lord
Lyons came away, a declaration of war would be the on
con•equence. I told him nothing was decided on
that point ; we should wait for the reply from America, and
then decide upon our course. I stated to Mr. Adams the
substance of M. Thouveners despatch to M. Mercier as I bad
heard it from if. de Flahault. Mr. Adana said that the
French government bad always been vary consistent in their
maintenance of the rights of neutrals. He added that be
could not pay our government the same compliment. I
said I would dispense with compliments if this matter
could be amicably arranged.
We parted on very friendly terms.—l am, tco.
(Siffued) Russzu.

EXTRACT OP • TIMM
LION LITTER TROY EARL RUSSELL TO
LORD S, DEC. I, 186 L
The despatches which were agreed to at the cabinet yes-
terday, and which I have signed this morning, impose upon
you a disagreeable task. My wish would be that, at your
first interview with Mr. Seward, you should not take my
despatch with you, but should prepare him for it, and ask
him to settle with the President and the cabinet what course
they would propose.
The nest time you should bring my deepatch, and read it
to him fully.
If he asks what will be the consequence of his refusing
compliance, I think you should say that you wish to leave
him and the President quite free to take their own course,
and that you desire to abstain from anything like meows.
•

HEALTH OF LONDON.

The weekly return of the Registrar-Geners.
states that the mortality in London returned for the week
that ended last Saturday was execadvely high ; the number
of deaths was 1,561. But it wee 'weeded loy the births in
the same period, which were 1,881.
The average number of deaths in corresponding weeks
of ten previous years (corrected) le 1,440. It appears that
during last week 17 persons died daily in excess of the
number that would have died if the estimated raw of mor-
tality had ruled.
The week has been fatal to perms in advanced life.
The deaths in the previous return at 60 years of age =thro-
ws:de were 287 ; in the present raters they an 381. There
are no less than 14 Dollll4lMakall whom Mk of yaws
is told ; 3 al whom had arrived at the age of 96, 2 at 9T.
Besides them there are two centenarians : a widow, aged
100 years, who died at 6, George-plaos, Greenwich ; sad
another widow, whose age is reported to have been 102, and
who died in the workhouse, PrinosecAreet, Georgeic-
the•East. Of these 16 old persons, 5 were men, and 11
women. Amongst the former ill • man, 97 y_
ad
and 11
months, who had served on board the Vcacrehl• and the
Bellerophon, and been implicated is the mutiny at the
Nom, bat was employed in the Royal Navy for some years
afterwards. His name was Nicholas Weatherby with for
years before his death ho was seen daily, standing the
model of • ship on W sterloo-brulge.
The deaths by bronchitis roes from 158 is the peovioum
week to 211 lest week ; those by pneumonia from 67 to 83
those by pbthisis from 140 to 170.
Twelve deaths, all except one those of infants, were
caused by suffocation. The registrar of Holy well only.
district, Shoreditch, draws etteution to the feet thet in his
return alone are recorded three deaths of children treat
suffocation in bed.
The wife of a shoemaker in Westminster, and another
married women brought from 8, Mint-street, to the Week-
booze, Borough-road, died from want. A labourer died in
St. Mary's Hospital from the " inhalation of chloroform."
The mortality from scarlatina did not increase last week,
but the deaths from diphtheria rose to 27, which seams
to indicate that the complaint thus designated is lOW* de-
pendent than the former on that state of the weather which
auravatee bronchial affections. Scarlatina was fatal in
Kentish-town and Fulham.
Diet week the Willa of 918 boys end 963 gide, in all
1,881 child's*, were registered in London. In the tee see-
(so=mesh' et the raw 185149) the avenge number
was 1,903.

LORD woes TO um, aces= (swarm rarroast 9).
Washington, Dee. 27 , 1851.
My Lord, —I have the honour to enclose • copy of • note
which I have this morning received from Mr. Seward, in
answer to your lordship's despatch of the 30th of last
month, relative to the removal of Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell,
Mackarland, Lod Mr. Eustis, from the British mail

packet Tient.
The note contains a very long end very elaborate dirndls.
tion on the questions of international law involved in the
ewe. I have not time, before the departure of the mei-
anger, to weigh the arguments, or to estimate precisely the
force of the expreseicas need. But as Mr. Seward admits
that reparation is due to Great Britain, and consent. to
deliver the four prisoners to me, I consider that the de•
stands of her Majesty's government are so far substantially
.omplied with, that it is my duty, in obedience to your
lordships commands, to report the facts to her Majesty's
government for their consideration, and to remain at my
post until I receive further orders. I have the honour to
errolose a copy of the answer which I have made to Mr.
Seward's note. I have coefieed myself to stating that!
will forward a copy of it to her Majesty's government, and
that I will confer with Mr. Seward personally on the
errengementa to be made for the delivery of the prisoners
to me.- -I have, &c., (Signed) pr
son
[These enclosures have already been published.]

LEL IitIMILL LOUD LTONS.
Foreign-Aim, Jan. 11,1.882
My Lord,—ln my despatch to you of the 30th of Novem.
ber, deer informing you of the circumstances which bad
marred in relation to the capture of the four persons
taken from on board the Trout, I netted to you that it thus
appeared that certain individuals had bean forcibly tam
from on board • British vessel, the ship of • neutral power,
while such venal was Paraaiag a lawful cad lnnooent
lisraorcazwr trim HoerrrAL, Dzvossiuss-
voyage, au act of violenos which wee an street to the
British tag, and • violation of international kw. I ese• trwsek—Th.==. aumb" l'oticDtt relieved
dodgyJanuary 11, was : Medical,
andel by directing you, Incise the telatettts. 14" bar 1,436 ; sarsioal, 006—total, 2,041, of which 760 were mew
her Majesty's government expected to rossiwa. &odd meta.

isaiTsza-tioTaTe-esei-ded.-
Gneex, who, with his noble colleague, was enthe-
simatially received, took a brief review of the events of the
- staion of parliament. In the position which he
it would, perhaps, be unbecoming in him
to say-and yet he could hardly may lass, and, by-
the-by, he had very good authority for saying it-the con-
duct of the British government with respect to the
two miseries from the Southern States and their com-
munications were perfectly fair, were oniaiderate, were
even delicate. (Hear, hear.) His authority was Mr.
Seward, who said that in very much the same words in
the communication received through Lord Lyons. And be
(Mr. Gilpin) unfeignedly rejoiced, as they all must do, that
their representations were so (medially met by Mr. Seward,
and by the very able despatch, in which, setting aside all
feeling of irritation-all those natural feelings of irritation
' which a man in his position must feel, surrounded, as he
was, by all the elements of diecord-he calmly argued the
imeslies sadly more as if he were the counsel for England
Ana If be was an opponent in America. (Cheers.) He
weal sot now dinettes the question whether the South
waste blame or whether they had broken the contract they
had entered into ; but if the North, if the United States,
sepresented by their President, duly and fairly chosen,
&ended that those other states should be brought back into
the Union, it was for them to decide, and note or us.
Liphear.) And thanks primarily and quto the God of freedom, but thanks, alio.
ttin gorternoiStattee age'earrirde;:eyonthd
itheil they ever intended, and snow it beyond
dewy or freedom. (theirs.) When they heard of the
at the rights of the South and of then
gds
li
Confedereey they must recollect that the question
was sow whether they would recognise slaveowners, and be
past es with leaver,. (Hear, hear.) He did notmean
Whig the ekesradanes could never arise by which we
e WWI he falliedile the Southern Confederacy.
We iii ese MINIM to =NON Japan, though certain of
thth thin. mem very earegmat to our notions of com-
mis smile aniethnity est gammon decency. We bad no
' elgbi be -y we would net recognise an aooorsplished
=inseheeseee that accomplished fact was not in en-
with our views. The time might come-but
be herd it would not-when from the Northern Union
hartagbemesis peas with the Confederacy our government
called upon tonsougnms that as a separate nation ;
Milit came when it would we should recognise in that nation
a idiom d slamownern (Hear, hear.) We should mag-
mas that nation as misting, but when pointed out by our
seheelboys it should be pointed out as a blot upon the fair
fns of elvilisatiou-(cheers) ; and what did they think of
the man who were coming to this country for the purpose of
obtaining the recognition of the Confederate States! He
was anxious that this subject should be thoroughly understood
by the people of this country. The time had come when the
voice of the people unmistakeably heard did influence, as it
ought to influence, not merely the decisions of parliament
but the decisions of the government ; and the more the
people of this country took into oensidanition thews great
questions and resolved upon them, the mom, in
his opinion, were they likely to come in per-
lamed and elsewhere to • right decision upon
them too. The object of the Southern a
above all other object' was-end they wouldfrar=
woe-again te legalise the slave trade-Omar, Itserl-to open
up the barbarities spinet which Clarkson, and Buxton, and
Wilberforce, and S and Bertha% and Haibb bad
and had spent end useful lime in succor-
Cr Itouncing. He knew that if there was one prin-
ciple which had thoroughly permeated every dam in this
country, it was an unmitigated hatred of the tilde im human
flesh. (Cheers.) He knew that there was not a many mei-
dent eloquence or ability to carry in any fairly gathered
meeting of the working men of this country, in any part of
the kingdom, • resolution in favour of slavery. Slavery,
black or white, they abhorred. His interest in slavery •
matters was no new interest ; it bad grown with his growth
and strengthened with his strength. If there was any one
thing to him mom abhorrent than another, in the eon-
templatioe of the war-the suicidal, fatrisidel, edit,
and yet uncivil war which threatened us with Ame-
rica-it was that our Union Jack should float aide by
side with the flag that emblemeened slavery in its worst
and most horrible form. (Cheers) Let them look at the
character of that population which bed raked the standard
of disaffection, and he thought they would then hathate
before they would directly or indirectly give their eaacridan
to a premature and an uzumommey admowledgment cd
the Southern States of America. (Cheers.) There was not
wanting from the opposition benches of the House of
Commons, when we brat heard of the deplorable disruption
in Amsnca, one voice which cried. " Beholding the bunt-
ing of the Bmpublican bubble I" It was no 'Republican bub-
ble which had beret there (*hears) ; It was so
failure of
the priaciplss of dencimacy-(ebeen)-that wee shoern by the
between the North and the South. It proved the
Lris in that constitution, containing indubitably much
that was earealleet, upon which the United States were
founded when they separated from this country. But there
was this which was the root and branch, the sum and nib.
'tam* of that rebellion or revolution ; in utter defiance of
the principles el republicanism or of right democrecy,
they had allowed an mimed thing to grow up in
their midst, and the ems growth of the tree of slavery had
hout the length and
spread its baneful influence throug
breath of that land, until it had tarnished the best of
their institutions. (Cheers.) But let the time-and
thank God it wee coming, whether they would or whether
they. would not:, it was forced upon the legislators and
warriors of the North let the time come when they would
inscribe upon their banners once again that all men am
born free and equal-(cheen)-no matter of what dime,
or creed, or country, or colour,. let them emblazon that
upon their banners, and see then where the sympathies
of the people of England would be. (Cheers.) Let them
adopt the glorious mottoes of that splendid man, the
Secretary of the Senate, in regard to foreign relations -
Mr. Charles Sumner, the man who wee battered almost to
desth by • ruffian gathered es he ash writing at his desk
-and yet they head of the chivalry of the South I Let
them take Charles Sumner and adopt his views and
principles, and lcng might their star-spangled banner, with
as many stare and as few stripes as might be, float side
by side with our own glorious flag of England-(clean)
emblematiaing • refuge, ands safe refuge, for the opprased
of every country, and bearing upon its outspread folds the
promise of ciieittion to all the ends of the earth and
fraught with blessings to universal humanity. (Cheers.)
Lord limiter next addressed the meeting, and said it
seemed to him, that in escaping this trouble we had escaped
one of the most awful which could fall upon • cation.
(" Her, hoer," and cheers.) Nothing bed satisfied his mind
upon the rights of this question so much as the excess
Which Commodore Wilkes had tried to set up for his
conduct. It award to him to be remarkably lame and
exceedingly week that a man who was a naval commander
should search legal authorities, and failing in finding a pre-
cedent quite equal to his case, jumped over • vast chasm
end took the men instead of the documents
We had now
no rows to complain of the government of ho
but we had every reason to think they had acted
in • straightforward manner. Why had the English
government been, as some thought, rather hasty and
peremptory in demanding the restitution of those com-
missioners ! It was because some of the hot spirits of the
Northern States had spoken of England in a tone of hosti-
lity. We did not wish to rebuke that spirit, but to say
that we were stall before the world ; that we considered our-
selves the leading nation, that we could not allow them to
take any liberties, and that it was our duty to tell them
that England must and would stand up for her rights.
Owen.) He certainly could not conceive any more un-
ane circumstance than one which should cause
a variance between England and the Northern States of
America, and which should place us apparently on the side
of the Southern States. He fully coincided in the feelings
whisk had been so eloquently expressed by his bon. col-
lages, that in putting ourselves on the side of the Southern
Saba we must appear as if we were putting ourselves on
the side of slavery. It would be an awful consideration
this Inglisbmee, who had laboured and sacrificed for the
lapses of giving up slavery, should find themselves fighting
en lie lids of these who were attemptieg to maintain that
MOM They must not think of their pockets ; iu order to
framisettenwsithey must not go to war and defend the Southern
on. (Chem.)
A. Muslim rot ExsTra.-The Western Morning
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C. 8., M.P., the president of the school, timed the import-
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taken up with considerable spirit., so that there is every pro-
bability of • museum being at lase established in old Samar
Pakha. A preliminary wastes of geutiemen ietereated in
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