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they should do unto you.
Take, for example, the terms in which the right
hon. gentleman refers to the settlement of the re-
cent dispute. Instead of labouring, as some who'
affect to represent the Government have done, to
detract in every possible way from the merits of
the honourable coecession made by the American
Government, he recalls attention to the special
circumstances which tend to enhance its value.
He places himself in the position of the American
people at the time when the seizure of the rebel
C)mmissioners on board the Trent occurred.
There was undoubtedly at that time a good deal
of irritation in the Northern States at our studious
neutrality, and Mr. Gladstone takes this into ac-
count, making full allowance for the influence
which this excited state of public feeling would
naturally have on the popular judgment of Captain
Wilkes's act. Having thus prepared the way for a
fair estimate of their subsequent conduct, the right
hon. gentleman does full justice to the noble self-
conquest achieved by the American people over
themselves. In this, however, Mr. Gladstone but
reflects the unanimous feeling of this country. The
frank, straightforward, and honourable manner in
which our demands have been met has been joy-
fully acknowledged by all classes, and produced
throughout the country a strong reaction in favour
of the American Government and the American
people. Even the Conservative journals, which are
usually the hostile critics of everything American,
have, to their credit be it spoken, shown themselves
lovers of English fairness, and appreciated the self-
restraint and honourable dealing of the American
Government and people in the matter of the Trent.
But while this feeling has universally prevailed, it
has never been so vividly and eloquently expressed
as in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's noble speech.
" I trust (said the right hon. gentleman, referring
to this question) nothing will be said, and nothing
will be thought in this about previous questions and
old controversies with Americans. Let us endeavour
to look at their conduct in a generous spirit. Let
us look to the fact that they are of necessity a
people subject to quick and violent action of opi-
nion, and liable to great public excitement—in-
tensely agreed on the subject of the war in which
they were engaged, until aroused to a high pitch
of expectation by heating that one of their vessels
of war had laid hold on the Commissioners of
the Southern States, whom they regarded
simply as rebels. Let us look to the fact
that is the midst of that exultation, and in a
country where the principles of popular govern-
ment and democracy are carried to extremes—
that even, however, in this struggle of life and
death, as they think it to be—that even while ebul-
litions were taking place all over the country of
joy and exultation at this capture—that even then
this popular and democratic Government has,
under a demand of a foreign Power, written these
words, for they are the closing words in the de-
spatch of Mr. Seward—" The four Commissioners
will be cheerfully liberated." Mr. Gladstone's ge-
neral references to our relations with America and
the feelings which Englishmen at large entertain
towards the American people were equally cour-
teous, conciliatory, and just. Speaking on behalf
of the great body of his countrymen, he nobly repu-
diated at the outset the notion that the Secession
was welccmed here, and the prospect of t he Union
being destroyed hailed with satisfaction, because it
would help to weaken the strength and humble the
pretension of a rival Power. It is quite true that
many of those iu this country who have all along
sided with the South, and who were most eager to I
provoke a rupture with the North, have in the
clubs, and other congenial circles, freely assigned
this as one of their reasons. But few have had
the courage to avow it in public. Mr. Gladstone,
most justly, declines it altogether on behalf of Eng-
lishmen at large. "I do not believe that at the
time when the convulsion commenced there was
one man in a thousand in this country who had
any sentiment whatever towards the United States
of America except a sentiment of affectionate and
spmpathising goodwill—(cheers)---or who felt any-
thing but a desire that they might continue to go
on and prosper, and to finish the work, whatever it
may have been, which Providence had appointed
them to do. (Cheers.) I have not the least scruple
in saying, for myself, that my opinion is, that not
only had England nothing to fear from the growth
of the United States of America, but that, so far as
we had a selfish interest at all in the matter, our
interest was that the American Union should con-
tinuo undisturbed."

With regard to the future, Mr. Gladstone hopes
that a better understanding and a more cordial
intercourse will exist between the two nations.
The frank and honourable conduct of the Federal
Government and the American people has given
them a fresh claim on our sympathy and good offices.
The two nations understand each other the better
for the collision that has terminated so happily,
and should be all the better friends for the future.
This is the moral Mr. Gladstone draws from the re-
cent difficulty with regard to the Trent. Since it
has been settled in so prompt and honourable a
manner we may fairly hope that " a spirit of bro-
therly concord" may henceforth regulate the inter-
course of the two peoples. The settlement of the
difficulty having made us better friends, he ear-
nestly deprecates any step likely to provoke a col-
lision or misunderstanding with the Federal Go-
vernment and the American people :—" Let us form
good auguries for the future from that which now
stands among the records of the past, and let us
hope that whatever remains, or whatever may yet
arise, to be adjusted in those relations between the
two countries which afford a thousand points of
contact every day, and must necessarily likewise
afford opportunities for collision—let us hope that,
in whatever may arise or remain to be adjusted a
spirit of brotherly concord may prevail ; and, to-
gether with a disposition to assert our rights, we
may be permitted to cherish a disposition to in-
terpret handsomely and liberally the acts and in-
tentions of others, and to avoid, if we can, ag-
gravating the frightful evils of the civil war in
America by perhaps even greater evils—at any
rate, enormous evils to what, though not a civil war,
would be next to a civil war—any conflict be-
tween America and England."

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IN SREDlTCH.—Yesterday evening inquest was
opened at the Sutton Arms Tavern, Carthusian-street,
by Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex,
upon the body of Mr. R. Pearce, aged 41, commercial tn..
morning, at one o'clock, from the injuries he received on
that occasion. Inspector Webster, of the N division, at-
tended to watch the case on behalf of the police authorities.
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The jury having proceeded to view the body, the first wit-
ness called was the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Elizabeth
Pearce, who said —I reside temporarily at the Sutton Arms.
I am the widow of the deceased Richard Pearce, who was
a dealer in jewellery and hardware, On Saturday week
list I left him to go on a visit to some friends at Torquay.
I know nothing about the cause of deceased's death. A
communication was here made to the coroner, who then
ed
inst.,and robbed of a quantity of valu-
7th and who died on last Friday
said that, from information which he had just received, it
appeared that the ends of justice might be frustrated if the
proceedings were to go any further at the present moment.
Only one of those implicated in the death of the deceased
had been as yet apprehended, and he should therefore ad-
journ the case to a future day, Tho jury were then bound
over in the usual manner to appear again, when due notice
would be served on them by the proper officer,

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VALLETTA, San. 7.—There is
transmit from this place by the ,
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naval movements have been lim
of the gunboat Surprise, 4, Con 1.
Whyte, on the 2d inst. from Beyroubiancllther-g
Scourge; .6, on the 6th from Candia. The Scourge
is under orders to leave to-morrow for England to
be paid off' She conveys home for the British Mu-
seum an ancient marble sculpture, discovered some
time ago by Capt. Spratt,'Royal Navy, in the in-
terior of the Island of Candii. We are daily ex-
pecting the London line.of battle ship here from
Corfu, on her way to Gibraltar, sbe having left that
place for Malta. The James Watt, 89, is to remain
at Naples with the Exmouth, 89, for the present
and will later relieve her. The Exmouth will pro-
ceed home shortly to be paid off. BY-the last Bel-
'counts from the Coast of Syria there were in those
waters her Majesty's ships Malacca, Pelican, 17,
Gannet,;ll, and,lntrepid, 6 ; also the French frigate
Mogador. The ships of war in Malta harbour arc
the "Marlborongh, 131 (flagship of Vice-Admiral
Sir W. F. Martin, K,C,13,); 616 Hiliernia receiving
ship (flag of Rear Admiral 11. J. Codrington, C. 8,);
the Neptune, 89, the Scourge, 6, the Foxhound, 4,
the Surprise, the Wanderer, 4, the Medina and the
Firefly surveying vessels, and the Hearty tug ; the
Boxer and the Growler gunboats, out of commission ;
and the Italian war steamer Tripoli:

JAN. B.—ThiS morning telegiaphie information
Was received from. Benghazi of the loss of an un-
known steamer, supposed to be English, in the bay
of Syrtis, between Benghazi and Tripoli ; her crew
were saved, and are at present in the Castle of Zaf-
frau. She was a paddlewheel vessel with white
funnel ; the crew were dressed in red.
Increased exertions are still continued at Wool-
wich to supply munitions of war to the British pos-
sessions in North America. The screw steam store-
ship, Spartan, Capt. Wiggins, at the Arsenal T pier,
has shipped 300 tons of 100 pounder Armstrong'
shot and shell, 50 tons of medical stores, 100 chests
of muskets, and a large amount of beds and bedding,
hospital-clothing, and stores and general necessaries
for the garrisons of St. John's,'.New Brunswick, and.
Halifax. The Wisbech, a screw steamer of heavy
tonnage, yeiterday arrived alongside, awaiting a
berth to ship for the same destination.
The Rodotria yesterday commenced shipping at
Woolwich Arsenal Armstrong guns—forming two,
complete batteries of 12 pounder field guns and ap-
purtenances, for the E and H batteries, Bth Brigade
Royal Artillery, at Cork.
The screw gunboats Spanker, Herring, and
Mislctoe, each shipped at the Ordnance-wharf
Chatham, yesterday, ono 100 pounder Armstrong
gun, and one 32 pounder east-iron gun, together
with a supply of shot and shell. They will remain
at Sheerness to await orders.

The Calypso, 18, Capt. F. B. Montresor, bas com-
menced being dismantled in Chatham harbour, cre-
paratory to being put out of commission. During
the heavy gale which prevailed on Saturday the
wind caught the sails, which had been loosened to
dry, and the vessel immediately commenced dragg-
ing her anchor. Another anchor was at once let
go, without checking the ship, which went a-
ground on a mudbank, from which she was subse-
quently got off, without having sustained any in-
jury. The Calypso was built at Chatham only a
very few years since, and is the last of the sailing
ships which will be commissioned. Her royals,
topgallant, and top masts were sent down yester-
day, and the crew are busily engaged in returning
her stores into the dockyard,
The Galatea, 26, 800 horse power, having com-
pleted fitting at Chatham, will proceed to day from
Folly Point to Sheerness. She will be attached to
the first-class steam reserve until intended for com-
mission.

The screw steam sloop Lapwing, 4, Commander
Montague F. O'Reilly, whicti arrived at Plymouth
on Saturday, was inspected yesterday (Monday) in
the Sound by Capt. Jerningham, preparatory to
her being paid off. The Lapwing left Gibraltar on
the 4th, and came home under steam and canvass.

Topgallant yards were crossed yesterday morn-
ing on board the screw steam sloop Revenge, 89,
Capt. Charles Fellowes, in Hamoaze. She would
probably drop down into the Sound in the afternoon.

The naval invalids, to the number of 40, who
arrived from the Mediterranean at Plymouth on
Sunday iu the screw steamship User, 86, Capt. T.
H. Mason, were landed yesterday by the steam tug
Pike. Lieut. O'Brien, 7th Fusileers, and Lieut.
Stanbridge,ltoyal Marines, came home in the Ca,sar..
The Trafalgar, 86, screw, Capt. J. B. Dickson,
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday
morning, and, anchoring at Spithead, commenced
taking in her powder and shell in readiness for
future orders. A chain of telegraphic communica-
tion is now formed between the Victory, flagship
of the Commander-in-Chief, in Portsmouth har-
bour ; the Trafalgar at Spithead ; the Warrior, off
Osborne; and the Dauntless, in Southampton Water.
The Chanticleer, 17, screw, Commander C. Stir-
ling, was undocked yesterday at Portsmouth, and
afterwards commenced taking in ordnance stores in
the harbour. Her crew are on 14 days' leave.

The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, in No. 10 dock
at Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with an
hydraulic apparatus for steering the ship, and also
for raising the screw.
The Sutlej, 51, screw, steamed out of Portsmouth
harbour yesterday on a preliminary trial of her ma-
chinery, which will be resumed on Wednesday.
The 'Megwra, screw troopship, Commander Hen-
derson, yesterday landed the troops which she has
brought home from various regiments serving on
the Mediterranean station at Portsmouth dockyard,
where they were taken charge of by the military
authorities of the garrison: Those invalids who
were most seriously ill were sent to the military
hospital; the remainder of the men were forwarded.
by train to Woolwich and Chatham.
The following appointments were made at the Admi-
ralty last evening :
Commander James P. Thurhurn to the Dauntless (addi-
tional) for service in the Coast-guard.
Paymaster Edward Howe, to be Paymaster in Chief.
Clerk—Frederick L. Dyer, to the Impregnable.