The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-30 00:00:00

VIZ STEAM RAMS.

The Earl of DEBBY, is minim atteatioa to the pub-
lished correspoadesee between the goversaasat mid Mama
Laird, of Birkenhead, relating to the seism" of the steam
rime, observed that these papers diseloesd oa the pan at
Messrs. Laird the utmost candour and freakness, and sa
extreme desire to meet the wtelies, esesuasial• or nersaaaa-

Jale,Oitii;govarnment ; whilst on the side of the latter they
revealed a mune of proceeding that we most arbinury,
vexatious, and illepL Is the early stage of the esenspood-
sec* the government exhibited the greatest balmlike
until they became aroused to more activity * the 2161.11011111
of Mr. Adams, the United States Minister. in this
their conduct a:minded 'treacly with the beeli-
ne= and opennem of Messrs. laird, who had offered in every
way to supply the fullest explanations, and to Elbow that
the trareactioo of *Who; the rams was shrouded by no
ocioonalmerd, rad was perfectly bona fide and legitimate.
He could have understood the minus of the vowels with the
view to a trial of the question ; but to detain them until
bar Majesty's government were satisfied that the WOWS
were innocent was monstrously megol. The principle of
pasties, however, reqaired that the government should prows
that the manias were guilty, and sot throw upon them the
on of establishing the UlOOOllOOO ;in fact, as Sir Hugh
Haim bad unanswerably argued, they had committed an
act of *Wimp in order that justice might be done. Om-
mentiag is the clever forgery of a report of Kr. Mallory
to the Sczretary of the Oonfederate am, the beige earl
mid it was • curious ooisaidenee that the determisation of

Weider, to Wing the question of the rams to • trial
=to a day with the date of their intimation to the
deists government that the building of the isoopkted
vends mistimed is that forged deensiest would sot be
tolerated. Doubtlem when this fabricated report was ones-'
musicale& to the Forage Secretary sad the Atkesey.
Omenf they congratulated themselves that they sow had
• complete ease ammat Memo Laird ; for from that time
the prceeedings, which had all alom been illegal, Memo
still more arbitrary and decides. The report alluded to
had bees transmitted to bog llaisoty'a government by Mr.
Seward through Lord Lyons, who, however, had above •
great amount of incredulity, and It was ,ad to ramose
that Mr. Seward had sot soled is • culpable amasser is
=Win to take step for verifying so auspicious • document.
It was oaly reisonaMe to expect that the Fangs Secretary
would have intimated hie °Maim of the tile
trick which had bees played upon him. Dime ht
the questioe forward (said the noble earl) sot for the pur-
pose of protecting the Maim Laird, sot to raise • jimjs•
dies is their favour, sad sot for the purpose of mum •
masetioci whether they can be found guilty of • vioktioe of
the Foreign F.nliateient Act, for all I ems my is, if they are
:Lilt let justice be dom. I have so wia that parties
be allowed to violate the law, and if they
do so let them be pesielied I hope that persons on either
aide, whither by building ships or by Wring penman to
enlist in the service of • foraige musky. will to brought to
justice, and I hope that the noble earl will deal impartially
between the two countries now at war, so that • good under
smadiog between them and as ma 7 be maietaised. My
' desire is that the law should be mid that legal
proceediap should not be unsweemarily delayed, but that
all parties should have an opportunity of beingbrought fairly
to trislpaod that every me of her bbitisty's eabjects should
have the protection which the kw of the sooty gives
them. (Chews.)

Fed RUSSELL cuthemied that the mitik earl bad totally
failed to establish a single charge against the government,
aid that the right to go to war with a Power with which
this omutry was at pesos did not Woes to any ship.
builder, however rerpectelble be might be. It was his belief
that Vern. Laird bad does all that they could to embroil
this country with the trailed States, and it was only awing
to the vigilance of the government that these maderites
had brae prevented from so doing. Oonfederate emits
bad berm sent bars with the mesas of thiamin ships for
the purpose of committing depredatioes on the comperes
of a power with which we WWI at pesos. Be did ash
affect to hi surprised that the Ooafsdarc sheath resort
to these means of *Wog their offend to establish their in-
dependence ; but be was surprised that, diet the Qesse's
proclamation, British subieds sheath be had to
nl tesi uodertakinge, indifferent to the duty which
owed their country sad the risk they ma of involving it is
war. It might be that the limited States, filled with
~just mintosity and suspicion, declared war against us
bat be should deeply regret if British subjects pm them
• pretext for such a prccesdios. For his own
part be WY lloaviaced.o.raltasua sums had thou built
origiaally toe the Cod sad not ally wee he ad
sorry for the amuse which be ham, bet he claimed
credit for thrift everted • war. As Foridge Seirestary he
had received ieformation oe which be maid rely, Vat a
comp racy was an the point of Wag staseseefully serried
oat, aad believing that its semen would be fatal to ear
neutrality, ha could sot hesitate to amuse the responsi-
bility of taking steps to have the case legally iarestigated ;
for if vessels continued to go forth to raise the blockade or
destroy Federal commerce so one could they that the
object of the Forage Felielemat Ad meld he defeated
and the matrality of Enlaced kekited. What were the
antecedents of Xeres. Laird that he should give time im-
plicit eredeme ! They were the builders of the Alabama,
a vessel which had gam eat puthillr equipped from their
yard, seder the false preemie of • trial trip, ea the very
day that Mama Laird must have Iserasel, by trembery
somewhere, that the government isteeded I. delete bee.
Aid ha believed that if he had permitted the steam nee to
go out as a trial trip, they too would have beets seised toe
the Coafederatia, and that the discharged grew of the
Florid" were intended to take pperKt ha the i 5,...
actioe. In marauding, the eolith earl obseresdAnd base,
having stated what was the teems white I teak, let MI
maul say that I think we are booed, more especially in this
case where there is a maid between two parties in the
country of the Boded States, to our mutrality and
to remain at pesos with them. Oust hems ere them elder
coesideestion. No lame can be pother thee the question
of what is to become of those 4,000,000 osgrees who have
hitherto hese retained se slaves ie the Baited States. I for
my port have never been able to feel much empathy for
either of the coatendies republics of the Faders' or of the
Ooefederate Settee. I saw that es one side there ma a
declaration in favour of the perpetuity of slavery. Os the
other side there seemed to he ao measures takes to uproot
that unhappy compact by thigh a slave brought into a free
State, however meth he might have warred is endow
eateries to get there, was mein restored to davery.
It is to be hoped that this coolest is Werth
America, with whatever ishedties it may have been
exempaded. whatever elsootea may ham hese
eommltted is their battles, whatever ilelde may have thee
demoted sad industry interrupted—that Providence has is
store some reward fee them serrime which ere engaged la
as Mae that will plass 4,000,000 of the block rase is a
eseditioe of freedom whisk may hereafter lead to their
prosperity aid dimmed of that liberty whisk the Baited
States themselves have made the wet sacred misdate of
their meditation. Bat it meet be left to those two eon.
Undies powers to work oat this past problem. sad I for
my part should think it the grethet miefortme if we were
obliged, by any paramount camiderstiesa, to take part is
that contest. (Beer, hem.) Om Fahey is to rends asetral.
I believe that Pyridines will track or her owe eels, tea
"Mare is a divinity that shapes oar ends,
Roughhew them as we may,"
sad that it will be the molt of this meted, the legiaideg
of which we all deplored sad the coetiamace d which we
all regret, that that stain—that Grime—that distethable
date of slavery will be for ever abolished foam among the
human rem (Rear, hoar.)
Lord CHKIJISFORD add the serranier bad in this
are daskeed the law fee the repose of edifying &-
made made apes them by the Aaserier Warr Hie
wish Wised who brought forward the garden had set
ie the thither& degree projedierd the Ina that wee to take
place I. the Coed of Exchequer, aid hi thoeght when sp.
=tsad iejesties bed teal etemakted it was their
o.bales it seder the modes el pardainest. (Bees.)
Tb Dried LISZT LLiaid it meow dry to keep op shish
tom of public mayday, sad to me that or r weessits did
get ter with levity the beldeenor rights rear nonisse.
We hod appealed to NM grerassent el the Dried stars
eiodnetolle.ddieg sedi d -Irewebwelerirreet ip
horneirradthet rend had , ter derreddiZetdAler
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