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London, England, 1863-08-24 00:00:00

co-parishioners.

remain without effect, they had not considered it necessary
to continue the controversy with t hat Government. In
this expectation, however, her Majesty's Government are
disappointed; for it would appear from the representation
of Messrs. Tootal, Broadhurst, and Co., 'which accompanies
your despatch of the 22d ult., that the interference of the
United States authorities with this trade is still persisted
in, and I have accordingly to instruct you to address a fresh
remonstrance on this subject to the United States Govern-

ment—l am, &c,,

" RUSSELL."

How is all this to end ? Can Lord PALMERSTON'S
Cabinet expect that any serious attention will be
paid to remonstrances only. Remonstrances can

alone have weight with such men as ABRAHAM

LINCOLN and Mr. SEWARD when there is a pressure
behind. This was forcibly demonstrated by the
affair of the Trent. Would the Southern delegates
have been released if ten thousand soldiers had not,
as it were, crushed through the ice into Canada,
and an English fleet been in readiness to threaten
New York, Boston, and Portland. This was a
lesson to American politicians; they found that
their overweening conceit had overrated England's
endurance, and underrated the promptness for
action when there was no help for it, or rather
when the people felt the insult, and the Ministers
were forced to resent it. Mr. LINCOLN has taken
the hint and profited by it ; he found it necessary
to give way at the time, and did so at the expense of
the agent, the notorious Captain WILKES, who was
declared to have acted without instructions. For
all this he was at once elevated to the dignity of
Commodore. Since then a more crafty policy has
been followed, a sharp practice has been softened
down by smooth words, and while diplomatists are
arguing, American custom-house officers are die-

tating to English merchants what they may
and What they may not ship, and Fede-

ral cruisers are overhauling any West In-
dian trader that they can catch. It is not to be

expected that this can last. Mr. LINCOLN is
playing a desperate game ; but then desperation
gives him courage. So long as he can befool Eng-
land, he may hold his own and trust to the doctrine
of chances, Let that doctrine be what it may for
America, North or South, it is high time that Eng-
land should bo trifled with no longer. Let Earl

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RUSSELL be deaf to all unnecessary verbal remou

strances, and plainly let it be understood that Eng
land will have her rights respected, and that

these be wantonly infringed, her next remon

strance will come from the cannon's mouth.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE,

THE SUMMER SEASON.

This theatre was reopened for the above purpose
on
t Saturday
a company
co enyvcniugby Mr. Walter Montgomery
selected from various of the Lou-
don houses.

The entertainments consisted of the "Merchant
of Venice" and the drama of " Lavater," in both of
which Mr. Montgomery appeared, giving a most
vigorous impersonation of the Jew in the first place,
and of the Swiss philosopher in the second.
He was very warmly received and applauded,
and was ably supported in the play by the Portia
of Miss Atkinson, which was a genuine perform-
ance. We are happy to add that the house was
well filled.
To-morrow evening Mr. Montgomery a
Othello, and on Thursday King John.

THE NEW BANKRUPoTf ACT IMPRISON3IENT.
of
the fullo° tenrgatrieosunuos
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cyi lAuestt rwaet
dß—ealniAvkefirruyapin the metropolitan districtwP, of the
htheqngettwol
Roche on Friday, the 21st inst. sitzdthe by Mr. Registrar
transferred
abolition of the
Queen's Prison, which has been recently
War Department, and will be used as a placeranfsor ferred to the
tion of military prisoners, there are only two debt!h deten-
tion
in the metropolitan district—Horsernonger-lane Gaurlis2ds
Whitecross-street Prison. In the former the number of
prisoners confined for debt on the 21st was 20; of these 10
were included in the gaoler's return made on the Ist of the
month, and of these three were adjudicated bankrupts and
released; the others, either as bankrupts who had been
remanded, or who had not been sufficient time in prison,
were not dealt with. At Whitecross-street the number of
prisoners for debt confined on the 21st was 104, many of
these being County Court commitments ; the number re-
turned by the gaoler on the let of the month as coming
within the jurisdiction of the Registrar was 26. Of these
11 were adjudicated bankrupt and released; the remainder
were not dealt with because the debtors had not been in
prison sufficient time, or were abaut to make arrangements
with their creditors. These details may lead to the infer-
ence that a system of friendly arrests as a preliminary to
pauper bankruptcy is still very popular. Although the
number of debtors in prison prior to October, 1861, was
large, the number is not so materially as e dimi •h d might
diminished
have been expected, there being a continual intiu of new
corners,

tained for them the hearty thanks of their humble

Vox et preterea nihil should certainly be the motto
of the noble lord who presides over our foreign
policy, and perhaps more justly of the administra-
tion which he represents in that department. That
Earl RUSSELL means well, we do not doubt, and in-
deed in some cases, such as the late controversy with
the Brazilian Government, he has proved himself
ready to vindicate the rights of his country with
the sword as well as the pen. It is true that, in
such cases, there is no danger of war, and by taking
matters with a high hand a satisfactory result will
generally follow. It would naturally be supposed
that the same decisive line of action would have been
taken in regard to the conduct of a powerful State
that has not like others sinned against England,
by misadventure, or through the ignorance or over
zealousness of its agents, but one which glories in
the violation of international laws. The dignity of
the empire demands
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whether the United States Government shalt
violate the law of nations regarding neutrals,
and empower Custom-house agents at New York,
by the zpse dixit of the Dictator, to stay British
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mitted to sail, requiring them to enter into an
undertaking that such cargoes shall not in any
wise fall into the hands of the Confederates.
Earl RUSSELL denies the right of Mr. LIN-
COLN to act in such a manner. He admits
frankly that the United States Government
has a right to forbid the export of any article from+
its ports which necessity or prudence may requite
but he distinctly declares that it is unjust to make
an exceptional case of English vessels. One would
have thought that this ought to have been enough
to show the Washington Cabinet the folly of the
act, and to have brought them to reason; No such
thing. More than a year has passed over since these
wrongs were first complained of, and British trade
between New York and the Bahamas is much in-
jured. After British merchantmen have been seized
on the high seas, under pretext that they intended
to run the blockade, and their papers pronounced
forgeries without any proof whatsoever, and the
very sanctity of our ports violated, Earl RUSSELL,
on the receipt of a despatch from Lord LYONS, in-
dites the following letter, instructing the Ambassa-
dor of the British Crown VI re-open the question
just at the point where it first originated :
" Foreign-office, July 18, 1863,
"My Lord,—You will nave learnt from my despatch of
the 10th ult., that as her Majesty's Government saw reason
to hope that their representations respecting the interference
exercised by the United States Government with the trade
carried on between New York and the Bahamas would no