The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-03 00:00:00

SOU2HE_RN POLITICS.

The following is from a letter dated New Orleans,
March .27

"We have not written to you for some time,
having no business comm'inications to make ; and
in the great uncertainty of the mails, and the pos-
sibility of our letters getting into hands they were
not intended for, we disliked writing in regard to
politics. We now avail ourselves of an opportunity
by which we trust our letter will go safe, to own
receipt of your favours of May 24, July 22, and
August 24, the last two of which were only received
by us on the 16th of February ult., having been
kept in New York.

"We note with pleasure that Mr. —'s views
on the great question of this country agree with
thewriter's, and we still believe, though disappointed
in the date, that the intervention of European
Powers, in some shape or other, affords the most
probable solution of the difficulty. The only other
alternative is a long and desolating struggle be-
tween the republics of the North and the South, to
be concluded after they are mutually tired of destruc-
tion by treaties between the two, based on the Mon-
roe doctrine,' and in other ways also probably very
adverse to European commercial interests. The peo-
ple of the South begin to feel aggrieved by the course
of the leadibg Powers in refusing to acknowledge
their independence, and say that England has been
prevented by the threatsof the North from following
the course which she has loudly proclaimed that she
would follow in similar cases—viz., ' recognise all de
facto Governments,' and ' disregard any blockade
which is not effective.' The Southern Govern-
ment has now been in power for considerably over
12 months, and no other authority has been recog-
nised within her territory during that period ; and
though recently some pretty severe disasters have
been encountered by the Southern arms, they
amount to nothing that cannot be retrieved, and
will not affect the ultimate success of the cause.
Regarding the blockade we sly nothing, after all
the proofs you have of its inefficiency. The policy
of England in regard to non-intervention may be
carried too far, if she expects, as we think she does,
to receive a considerable portion of her supply of
cotton from the South. The worst thing that can
happen to her would be to allow the North to get
hold of cotton ports, in which case it becomes as
near a certainty as possible that she will get no cot-
ton until she retakes them. The Southern Congress
has passed a bill, almost unanimously, to destroy
all cotton that may be in danger of falling into the
enemy's hands ; the bill also contains a clause pro-
mising indemnity to the owners. This policy will
be sternly carried out, and we doubt whether even
we doubt whether even cotton bought by foreign
houses will be spared, and that must involve enor-
mous losses, as the business has been done to a lerge
extent. The- course England has followed so far,
however just and impartial it may have been, does
not appear to have had the effect of conciliating the
North, but rather the contrary, while, if followed
much longer, it will certainly give rise to a very
un friendly feeling towards her on the part of the
South. At present the game is in her own hands,
as by a prompt recognition of the South she can get
free trade and any otherterms she pleases. But delays
are dangerous, and while gaining nothing by vainly
trying to avoid giving offence to the North, whose
trade under a Morrill or other protectionist tariff
can never be of any vital value to her, she may !ose
the chance of opening up a most lucrative direct
trade with the South, which in a short time would
greatly exceed in value all she has ever done with
the whole of the old United States. So far as the
debts and losses of the South, caused bet this war,
have yet gone, we see no reason to doubt her perfect
solvency and willingness to stand up to them, as
well as her ability tobecome a larger consumer than
ever of foreign manufactures, the imports of which
would be readily met by the exports of her unrival-
led agricultural wealth, including cotton, tobacco,
&c. As yet her powers of producing these have not
been impaired to any considerable extent, though
her attention is for the moment more turned to the
production of breadstuffs and other absolute neces-
saries of life; and the stimulous of a market for
her cotton being withdrawn, it appears certain
from all the information we can gather, that the
planting of the staple will be exceedingly curtailed
r,,gr- The longer, then, that England refrains
from recognising tile Ou.th th. it -.-iii tic
her manufacturing interests; and the North will
some day reap the benefits of a commerce which
Engiand might make her oe n by a single act of
justice, in recognising a fixed fact, for the Southern
Confederacy is one. What we wish to impress
strongly upon you is, the certainty of the total
destruction of the coton on hand, as well as the
future cotton-producing power of the South, in
the event of the North being able to take possession
of the Southern ports, and to commence overrun-
ning the cotton regions. In that case, you can
estimate better than we can what England would
suffer; while this country would be thrown incal-
culably back in her progress, and would be of little
value to the world at large for years to come.
" The recent reverses to the Southern arms have
done more than anything else that could have hap-
pened to render final success on the part of the
North impossible. The people are now fully aware
of the magnitude and deadly nature of the struggle
on hand, and, so far from desponding, there has
been such a rally to reinforce the generals in the
field that we venture to say many weeks will not
pass before striking proof is given of the strength
and ability of the South to continue the war to the
bitter end. We give you these views for what they
are worth, hoping that at all events they will inte-
iest you as the reflection of the current opinions
here among those who really think on the subject,
and who are not prone to be carried away by popu-
lar clamour, or by the violent and frequently foolish
writings in our public press."

MURDER AT IVORCESTE.R.

WORCESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.

I The adjourned inquest on the body of the young
woman, Emily Jones, whose body was found in a
pool at Newtown, near this city, on Wednesday
last, ;with marks of violence on her person, was
resumed this afternoon at two o'clock, at the Gun
Tavern, Newtown, before tha coroner, W. S. p.
Hughes, Esq.
Mr. Budd, surgeon, of Worcester, who had made
a post mortem examination of the body of the de-
ceased, deposed that he had analysed the contents
of the deceased's stomach. Before describing the
analysis, however, he proceeded to state the condi-
tion in which he found the body outwardly. There
were two severe cuts on the left side of the head
towards the back, as if inflicted with some blunt
instiument—such, for instance, es the hedge stake
which waps found lying on the body. The wounds
extended nearly down to the skull, but the bones
were not bared.
The evidence of this witness had not been com-
pleted when the coroner, perceiving t hat the accused
Grundy was not present, inquired where he was,
and was informed that he was in the county prison,
having been remanded by one of the magistrates
(Admiral Hastings) on the previous day, on the
charge of wilful murder.
The Coroner accordingly said that he should not
proceed with the inquest in the absence of the
accused, and that he should apply to the magistrate
to produce him. If he declined to do so he should
appeal to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department.
The inquest was, in the meantime, adjourned to
Monday next.

THE LATE GUNNERY ACCIDENT NEAR PRESTON.
—Last week we gave the particulars of a serious accident
which happened on Good Friday, to a bombardier, named
John Ashley, who, with other non-commissioned officers,
had gone down to the battery at Warton, on the banks of
tie Ribble, in order to make the necessary preparations for
the Preston Artillery Volunteer corps, the members of
which were intending to open the shooting season on that
day. Ashley, during the preliminary salute, was blown
from one of the guns and dreadfully injured. He was at-
tended by the surgeon of the ct rps, and afterwards removed
to the Preston House of Recovery. One of his arms was
broken, the fingers of his left hand were blown off, his face
was contused and lacerated, and in other rupee* s he was
seriously injured. He progressed very favourably until
Friday last, when he had a relapse, followed by lock-jaw,
which terminated his life on Sunday afternoon. On Monday
evening the inquest was held, when it appeared from the
evidence that the 'Accident had arisen in consequence of
Ashley neglecting to sponge out the gun. The jury re-
turned a verdict of accidental death.