The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADE OF NEW

YORK.

The clipper ship Dreadnought, of this port, yesterday ar-
rived in safety from Liverpool, after making a loag detour
to the northward in order to avoid the attentions of Capt.
Semmes and the rebel steamer Alabama. It is somewhat
humiliating for us to chronicle such a fact as this, and to
admit that, whereas we have been blockading Charleston
and Savannah by fleets at the very mouths of their harbours
for 18 months with the grand net result of sending into
those ports more large foreign Eleamers than ever entered
them before, the Confederates have succeeded in so tho-
roughly blockading New York by a couple of steamers at
the Azores as to compel our ordinary transatlantic com-
merce to coast the icy shores of Greenland for safety. The
contrast is• painful, and we can but trust that it may not be
unprofitable. It certainly will not be, if the authorities of
the Navy Department are accessible to the emotions of pa-
triotic shame and ind gnation which the contemplation of
such a state of things must awaken in every citizen's
bosom. But the Navy Department is not the only branch
of the Government interested in the disgraceful revelations
of this singular long-range blockade. It will be observed,
that in receiving the news of the arrival of the Dread-
nought, we are further notified, "on good authority," that
there is no danger of any interference by the Alabama or
the 290 (for these two appear not to be ono, save in the
fiendish spirit of their commanders) with our emigrant
ships coming to New York, since "an understanding to
that effect has been had between the owners of the 290 and
her captain." This is cool, certainly, as well as comforting.
'We aro to understand, are we, that the business of fitting out
privateers to prey upon American commerce is so openly and
quietly carried on at Liverpool that loyal American citizens
resident there and engaged in the emigrant trade can ascer-
tain precisely what danger there is of any harm coming to
them and their ships by any particular cruiser which may be
on the point of leaving port. If this be so, we beg leave re-
spectfully, but firmly, to inquire of the State Department
whether we have such an official at Liverpool as an Amer--
can consul ; also, whether it ran be regarded as being wholly
out of the power of such an official (supposing him to exist,
to ascertain facts familiar to all the shipping world about
him, or as being wholly out of the sphere of his duty to en-
deavour to ascertain such facts and act upon them when
ascertained. It certainly is singular that while we are all
of us bitterly denouncing the British. Government for not
putting a stop to the armament arid expedition of vessels
destined to prey upon our trade, we should have heard no-
-1 thing of any steps taken by our own commercial agents to
require action in the premises of the British authorities. It
is the function, not of British, bat of American officials, to
protect American interests. If British officials choose to
wink at the violation of British laws, that does not excuse
our officials for their negligence in not calling the attention
of their British compeers to such violations. If bargains
and agreements, securing the safety of this or that class of
merchant ships, can be made at Liverpool between enter-
prising outfitters of steam-frigates ates
and
Departmentloyalof Americantheud
nite
shippers, it is clear that the State
States Government ought to know something about the
matter. If it neither knows nor'can learn anything in re-
ference thereto we shall not be surprised to hear before long
that the British and Southern Joint-Stock Association for
Sweeping the Seas has opened offices in Liverpool and Lon-
don for the sale of safe-conducts to American ships of all
sorts at reasonable rates.—New York Times of Oct. 27.

FEARFUL DEATH.—A fearful death has just
occurred at Rhondda Valley, near Pontypridd, Glamorgan-
shire. On Sunday evening, the 2d inst., a young woman
named Jane Lewis left her uncle's house to attend Divine
service, as was her usual custom, at a chapel about a mile
distant. She was engaged to a young man who attended
the same chapel, and who generally accompanied her home.
Finding her absent from the evening service he proceeded
to her uncle's house, and there found that she had left with
the view of going to chapel, and had not been seen since.
Inquiries were made, and upon proceeding through a plan-
tation about 100 yards from her
uncle's house the body of
the young woman was found lying in a pool of blood, her
throat being cut in a horrible manner from ear to ear.
The body was conveyed to the uncle's house, and upon a
further search being made a razor belonging to the servant
man was found a short dist nce from the spot where the
body was discoiered. The inquest commenced on Toes.
day, but none of the witnesses gave the slightest clue as
to whether the horrible deed was done by the young woman
a
herself or whether she had been murdered. It was deter-
mined to adjourn the inquest, and since then the setynt
man has been taken into =WY °481.1.800.9%