The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-11 00:00:00

THE SHENANDOAH.

LIVERPOOL, Friday.
On Thursday afternoon. Mr. Dudley, the Ameri-
can Consul at this port, went on board the Shenan-
doah, and received formal possession from Captain
Paynter. The following is a copy of Capt. Waddell's
letter to Earl Russell :

"Steamer Shenandoah, Nov. 5.
"To the Right Hon. Earl Russell, her Britannic Majesty's
Minister for Foreign Affairs.

"My Lord,—l have the honour to announce to your
lordship my arrival in the waters of the Mersey, with
this vessel, lately a ship of war in my command belong-
ing to the Confederate States of America.

" The singular position in which I find myself placed,
and the absence of all precedents on the subject, will, I
trust, induce your lordship to pardon a hasty reference
to a few facts connected with the cruise lately made by
this ship. I commissioned the ship in October, 1864,
under orders from the Naval Department of the Confe-
derate States; and, in pursuance of the same, commenced
actively cruising against the enemy's commerce. My
orders directed me to visit certain seas in preference to
others. In obedience thereto, I found myself in May,
June, and July of this year in the Oksotsz Sea and Arc-
tic Ocean. Both placed, if not quite isolated, are still so
far removed from the ordinary channels of commerce,
that months would elapse before any news could reach
there as to the progress or termination of the American
war.

" In consequence of this awkward circumstance I was en-
gaged in the Arctic Ocean in acts of war so late as the 28th
of June, in ignorance of the series of reverses sustained by
our arms in the field, and the obliteration of the Govern-
ment under whose authority I had been acting. This in-
telligence I received for the first time on communicating at
sea on the 2d of August with the British bark Barracouta,
of Liverpool, 14days from San Francisco. Your Lordship
can imagine my surprise at the receipt of such intelligence,
and I would have given to it little consideration if an Eng-
lishman's opinion did not confirm the war news, though
from an enemy's port.

"I desisted immediately from further acts of war, and
determined to supend further action until I had communi-
cated with an European port, when I would learn if that
intelligence was true. It would not have been intelligent
in me to convey this vessel to an American port, simply be-
cause the master of the Barracouta had said the war was
ended. I was in an embarrassing position. I diligently
examined all the law writers at my command, searching a
precedent for my guidance in the future control, manage-
ment, and final disposal of the vessel. I could find none-
History is, I believe, without a parallel. Finding the
authority questionable under which I considered this ves-
sel a ship of war, I immediately discontinued cruising, and
shaped my course for the Atlantic Ocean.
"As to the ship's disposal I do not consider that I have
any right to destroy her, or any further right to command
her. On the contrary, I think that as all the property of
the Confederate Government has reverted, by the fortune
of war, to the Governnient of the United States of North
America, that therefore this vessel, inasmuch as it was the
property of the Confederate States, should accompany the
other property already reverted. I have, therefore, sought
this port as a suitable ono to learn the news,' and, if lam
without a Government, to surrender the ship, with her
battery, small arms, machinery, stores, tackle, and apparel
complete to her Majesty's Government for such disposition
as in its wisdom should be deemed proper.
" I have the honour to be, very respectfully, your Lord-
ship's obedient servant,

"JAS. J. WADDELL, Commander."

The Banquet at Guildhall.

The general bill of fare at the grand banquet
given on Thursday evening by the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs at Guildhall is a curiosity in its way. There
were 250 tureens of real turtle, containing five pints
each, 200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 en-
trees, 4 boiled turkeys and oysters, GO roast pullets,
60 dishes of fowls, 46 dishes of capons, 50 French
pies, 60 pigeon pies, 53 hams ornamented, 43 tongues,
2 quarters of house lamb, 2 barons of beef, 3 rounds
of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps,
and ribs of beef, GO dishes of mashed and other po-
tatoes, 44 dishes of shellfish, 4 dishes of prawns, 140
jellies, 50 blancmanges, 40 dishes of tarts, creamed,
40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 dishes of orange and
other tonrtes, 20 Chantilly baskets, GO dishes mince
pies, 56 salads. The removes—SO roast turkeys, 6
leverets, 40 pheasants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of part-
ridges,ls dishes wild fowl, 2 pea fowls. Dessert-100
pineapples, from 21b. to 31b. each, 200 dishes of hot-
house grapes, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes of apples 100
do. of pears, 60 ornamented Savoy cakes,7s plates of
walnuts, 80 ditto of dried fruit and preserves, 50
ditto of preserved ginger, 60 ditto of rout cakes and
chips, 46 ditto of brandy cherries.
The guests, it should be stated, were about 1,050
in number.

At the principal table, where the Cabinet Minis-
ters and the other more distinguished guests were
entertained, and at which the Lord Mayor presided,
there were 10 tureens of turtle, 10 bottles of sherbet,
6 dishes of fish, 30 entrees, 1 boiled turkey and
oysters, 2 roast pullets, two dishes of fowls, 2 ditto
of capons, 2 French pies, 2 hams ornamented, 2
tongues, 1 quarter of house lamb, 1 stewed rump of
beef, 1 sirloin of beef, 2 dishes of mashed and other
potatoes, 3 ditto of shellfish, 1 dish of prawns, 8
jellies, 2 blancmanges, 2 dishes of tarts, creamed, 2
dishes of oranges and other " tourtes," 2 dishes of
almond pastry, 4 Chantilly baskets, 2 dishes of
mince pies, 4 salads. The " removes" consisted of
3 roast turkeys, 1 leveret, 3 pheasants, 2 geese, 2
dishes of partridges, 1 dish of wild fowl and 2 pea
fowls. The dessert was made up of six pine-apples,
12 dishes of grapes, 10 ice creams, 2 dishes of apples,
4 ditto of pears, 2 ornamented Savoy cakes, 3 plates
of walnuts, 4 ditto of dried fruit and preserves, 3
ditto of preserved ginger, 2 ditto of rout cakes and
chips, and 3 ditto of brandy cherries. The rest of
the vast quantity of edibles of which the general bill
of fare given above consisted was distributed in
nicely adjusted proportions among the five upper
tables, the five short tables next to the latter, the
four long tables in the body of the hall, the seven
side tables, and the three tables in the old Court of
, Queen's Bench, The wines drunk on the occasion
were of six kinds—hock, champagne, claret, Ma-
deira, port, and sherry. These, of course, were sup-
plied in unlimited quantities. Except as to one or
two rare dishes all the company, wherever they sat,
and whatever their rank or degree, were served with
the same fare. Thus, the grandees at the chief
table had seven removes, the guests at the five
upper tables had six, and so on, the luxuries of
this class growing small by degrees. In the mat-
ter of dessert the guests appear all to have been
on an equality, and of that they had 11 separate
luxuries. The whole entertainment, indeed, seems
to have been an audacious violation of all sumptuary
laws, if any there be unrepealed, or which have not
become obsolete.

The Guildhall has been famous, however, for the
many sumptuous entertainments which have been
given in it to royal and other personages of distinc-
tion at various times, apart from the annual festivity
which marks the entrance into office of each Lord
Mayor. From the banquet given in 1421 to Henry
V. and his Queen on the successful termination of
his campaigns in France, when Sir Richard Whit-
tington, in addition to the luxuries provided for his
royal guests, is said to have gratified and astonished
the King by throwing into a fire bonds for which he
was indebted to the citizens to the amount of £60,000
down to the reign of her present Majesty, nearly
every Sovereign of this country has accepted the hos-
pitality of the city in its Guildhall. Charles 11.
showed so much partiality for the civic entertainments
that he is said to have dined there as many as nine
times in the course of his reign. Among the most
sumptuous and costly entertainments given there by
the city was that in 1814 to the Prince Regent and
Allied Sovereigns, the Emperor of Russia, and
the King of Prussia ; in the same year (the 9th July)
there was another to Field-Marshal the Duke of
Wellington ; in 1831 to the members of the Legisla-
ture, and others who promoted and supported Par-
liamentary Reform ; in 1837 to her present Majesty
the Queen on her accession to the throne ; in 1838
to the foreign Ambassadors and other distinguished
personages in celebration of her Majesty's Corona-
tion.

The original Guildhall, we are told, stood west-
ward of the present one, abutting on Aldernianbury,
and, in comparison with the existing hall, is de-

house or cottage." The present spat
begun to be erected in 1411, but was
finished until many years afterwards, probably for
want of means to defray the great expense of com-
pleting so large an edifice. The famous Richard
Whittington, through his executors, was a great
benefactor to the work, and other eminent citi-
zens also contributed liberally towards it. The
building was afterwards partially destroyed in the
Great Fire of London, and then still more ruined
by ignorant architects.

The Loss of the Barque Guayacan.

OFFICIAL REPORT.
To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade.
My Lords,—We, the undersigned, George Grant
Francis and Nathaniel Price Cameron, Esqrs., two
of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and
for the borough of Swansea, in the county of Gla-
morgan, have held an official inquiry, assisted by
Captain Harris and Capt. Ilatchard, of the Royal
Navy, into the circumstances attending the strand-
ing and subsequent loss of the barque Guayacan,
which occurred on the morning of the 20th day of
February last, on the coast of Brazils, about 150
miles to the southward of Pernambuco, and we
have now the honour to report, that the Guayacan,
a vessel of 460 tons, sailed from Carrizal, a port of
Chili, on the 21st Dec.,1864, laden with a cargo con-
sisting of 700 tons of copper regulus, bound to Swan-
sea. That the vessel appears to have rounded the
Horn towards the middle of January, and subse-
quently encountered baffling winds in proceeding to
the northward. That they entered the south-east
trade about the end of the month, which would seem
to have been equally scant, so that the vessel at
times did not make better than a N.N.W. course.
This naturally led the ship down upon the Brazilian
coast, and as neither the.. island of Trinidad nor a
sufficient offing had been made, it became impossible
to weather the land in the vicinity of Cape St.
Augustine without tacking to the eastward. That
this precaution, unfortunately, was neglected, and
the ship struck on the coast about six miles south of
Peba Point, and ultimately became a total wreck.
That in reviewing the circumstances attending the
loss of this ship, we were of opinion, in which the
Assessors concurred, that the Guayacan was lost by
the default of the master, Nathaniel Francis Carder,
inasmuch as he hugged the coast too closely,
although his course and some indication of land
ought to have warned him of danger ; that the
omission to throw the lead in such circumstances
was unwarrantable ; and that, taking all the circum-
stances into account, we felt constrained to suspend
the certificate of competency of the said master,
and have suspended the same for the space of six
calendar months from this date.
Dated at Swansea, Nov. 8, 1865.
GEO. GRANT FRANCIS.
NATHANIEL PRICE CAMERON.
We, the undersigned assessors, concur in the above
report. HY. HARRIS.
J. H. HATCHARD.

On the investigation we examined on oath the
following witnesses, namely:—John Bolten, chief
mate ; and Thomas Walters, David Campbell
M'lndoe, and William Henry Jones, the minutes
of whose testimony we hereunto annex.
As the certificate of the master was lost in the
wreck, we beg to forward a duplicate, unsigned,
which was handed in.

GEO. GRANT FRANCIS.
NATHANIEL PRICE CAMERON.

Public Meeting at Manchester in Behalf of

the Freedmen

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, washeld
at Manchester this week, to take into consideration
the condition of the freedmen of America, and their
[ claims upon the sympathies of the English people.
Mr. Jacob Bright proposed the following resolution :
" Tbat the citizens of Manchester, in public meeting
assembled, having ascertained the necessitous condition
of the emancipated negroes of the United States, hereby
resolve to promote a public subscription for their relief,
believing it to be an object deserving the generous and
practical sympathy of this community, and they take this
opportunity of recording their grateful remembrance of the
munificent gifts of upwards of ono quarter of a million
sterling, presented by the American citizens to the people
of this nation during the great famine in Ireland and the
cotton distress in Lancashire, and desire to reciprocate to
some extent their humane and Christian benevolence."
Mr. J. 11. Esteourt said that whatever might have been
our opinion of the American war during its continuance,
wo had but one opinion with regard to distress in America
or any other part of the globe ; and when it was brought
under our observation, if it were in our power we would
ameliorate it. It was well to remember that in the South-
ern States there were white people as well as black, and
that the distress amongst the white people was almost
canal to, and in some cases far exceeded, what it was
amongst the blacks. (Hear, hear.) The Americans
relieved the poor whites as well as the emancipated blacks.
It was well to inquire what they were doing in America,
and whether we were now appealed to to help those who
helped themselves. The report of Freedmen's affairs in
North Carolina showed that there were 17,419 colored
people in the district. At Newborn() they had established
a Freedman's village; here there were 2,149 persons, who
were aged, infirm, widows, orphans, depending entirely on
charity for support. Beaufort contained about 1,400 poor
whites, receiving equal alms with emancipated blacks, and
lin the first four months of 1864 $B,OOO worth of clothing
was supplied to them. On Roanoke Island there were
3,091 colored people; of them, 1,297 wore under 14 years
of age ; 70 per cent. of the whole were too old or too
young to earn their food. In the district of North Caro-
lina there were schools, the attendance of which numbered
3,000. In addition, evening schools were largely in request
by those who worked during the day, and eight had been
established in this district. There had been built seven-
teen hundred house; besides saw mills, grist mills, and
two or three places of worship. The Western Freedmen's
Aid Commission had a centre in Cincinnati, which embraced
camps in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana—en area of 280.000
square miles, which in 1860 had a Colored population of
1,250,000, of whom 70,003 persons were dependent on
charity. In the two years ending 1864, the commission
had distributed $216,500 in goods, food, and education,
the government supplying rations. - There were 79
teachers employed ; there were 5,000 scholars in the day
schools, 2,000 men in the evening schools, and for orphans,
of whom there were GOO in the camp on the Mississippi,
asylums were establiseed wherever the committee went.
In the District of Columbia, in February, 1863, there were
20,000 sufferers, of whom one-half were females; and ono
of the lady visitors reported that they were in want of
everything necessary to human sustenance and comfort.
The government gave the district (which was ten miles
square) $27,000 ; soup-houses were established, and they
were attended daily, on the average, by 2,609 persons ;
and 3,300 blankets had been distributed, besides large
quantities of fuel. An organisation of colored ladies
and gentlemen last winter devoted the whole time very
efficiently to the relief of the sufferers. Besides these
organisation; there was the National Relief Aid Asso-
ciation, which last year distributed $214,000, and employed
by
England one hundred and fifty teachers iu schools attended lo
25,000 scholars. Then there was the New Com-
mission at Boston, which devoted itself almtoshtaedxcgliuvseinveilay
to education. The American governmen
rations and shelter during the last four years
£100,000,000 sterling, and theAmeriecatenrliepg. These facts
people had given
voluntary more than £25,000,000
showed that the Americans were helping themselves to
the utmost, and therefore they had a claim upon us.
America had contributed without being asked for. it, a
of a million to the Irish distress and the distress
in the
cotton districts, and he wanted England to say,
'' We will be
quits with America, and shall not have for
over the boast that she is more generous than Great
Britain." If every man in this country would but give
a shilling to this fund, wo should raise £300,000, and we
should have the right side of a good boast. Towards the
end of next month the people would be experiencing
the severity of winter, the intensity of which might be
mitigated by the prompt liberality of this country. Of
the 4,000,000 that had been emancipated by the war, only
one-fifth stood in need of alms ; the rest earned their live-
lihood. It was for the aged and for those positively
unable to earn anything that assistance was now sought.
Some of the scenes of last winter were fearful ; stables
were occupied by human beings, and mangers crammed
with them. In Mississippi, last winter, several thousands
of human beings lived with only the shelter of canvas
overhead ; and it was impassible to provide better pro-
tection, because they came in in such numbers, no fewer
than 7,000 having arrived in one day. If Manchester
was divided into districts, and gentlemen undertook to
canvass them, he thought there were few who would
not give a shilling as evidence of practical sympathy, as
also of moral sympathy, which was a matter of great
moment between the two countries. (Applause.)

The Golden City, with 1,000 passengers and
$1,244,000 in treasure for New York, $314,000 for Eng-
land, $70,000 for France, $300,000 for Central America,
and $lO,OOO foi Panama, sailed from San Francisco on the
18th inst.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—
managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
the Farce of HUSBANDS BEWARE. air. G. Belmore;
Dlies Elazlewood, Miss R. Lech:mg, &c.
After which, Shaksvere's Tragedy of KING JOHN: Messrs.
Phelps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. G. Bel-
more, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. 11.
Vandenhoff, alrs. Hodson, &c.

Cornmence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Mins..;.;er, Mr Buckstone.
EIIS EVENING, THREE WE AiS A Krl ER MAR-
RIAGE. Mr. W. Farren, !Ir. Chilpendale, Miss Snowden,
Alias ally Moore.
After which, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews, 3lr.Howe,
)lies belly Moore, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam.
To be followed by FILE GOLDEN FLEECE. Mr. and
and Mr:. C. Mathews, .tc.
Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and
Charles Leclercq. Miss Fanny rS right, Miss C. Adams, and
the Corps de Ballet

Commcnce at Seven.

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VII
at the HAYMARKET THEATRE on MONDAY

N-E.T.

ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEAT,RE.—
Under the sole Aanagement et Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, THE WATCH CRY, in which Mr
Fechter will perform the principal character. supported by
*Messrs. H. Widdicombe, o. Emery, C. Horsman, John Clay-
ton, A. Raymond, J. Fitzpatric , and Miss Elsworthy.
Preceded by, at 7 o'clock, a Drama, in one act, entitled
TIIE VETERAN ANU HIS PROGENY. Phillip Ciarbois
(ago 102 , Mr. 11. Widdicombe.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.
Acting Manager, 11. Barnett

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. IVebster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs
Allred Mellon and Mr. Felix Rogers.
Atter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 60th
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Millington,
P. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix RogLre, Ashley, It burne, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c.
To conclude, at halt-pa=t 10, with THE WIDOW'S
VICTIM. Messrs. BiLington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss
Godsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Wil!more.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, AN AMPLE APOLOGY.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND. t haracters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Villiers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, B. Melton, C. Seytun, R. Cathcart; Miss
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

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It is to be hoped that the American people will
see the affair in this light, and that Mr. SEWARD
will be satisfied with the surrender of the ship
without introducing any angry controversy into the
matter. Some Americans pretend that England
favoured the Confederate privateers in order to pro-
fit by the consequent suspension of American com-
merce, as if any advantage English traders might
have derived from such a source could have compen-
sated for the losses we suffered by the cotton famine !
Had England been actuated by merely selfish
motives she would certainly have refused to recog-
nise the blockade, and have spared herself the Lan-
cashire distress and all its attendant evils. It is
satisfactory that the Government has actedpromptly
and decisively with regard to the Shenandoah and
in full accordance with constitutional law, and we
have no doubt that the general feeling of the public
will be fully in accordance with the course adopted.
The general news received from America by the
Scotia is unimportant. The trial of DAVIS and the
election of General WADE HAMPTON are both con-
tradicted. The rumour that Mr. CUSHING is to be
despatched for England on a mission with re-
gard to the claims for the Alabama damages
is still afloat, but there is no actual
notice of it. Mr. SEWARD has directed all
Federal officers to show liberal hospitality and cour-
tesy to the British nation, as all restrictions on
American vessels in British ports have now been
removed, so that we may hope that we are advanc-
ing towards a better state of feeling. The release
of Join,' MITCHELL at the solicitation of the Fenian
Congress is announced, and Mr. JOHNSON received
a Fenian delegation who came to thank him for the
favour. The President paid them an unnecessary
compliment by saying he had done it " as a mark of
respect" to a large body of his countrymen ! The
Fenians are still actively at work, and the State
Centre has declared that numerous Fenian privateers
This is passing into active mischief, and
equipped at New York, and will shortly
ba
er are bfleoi
antg.
is something rather different from the building of
unarmed boats for a recognised belligerent.
Toronto papers assert that the Canadian Go-
vernment is organising a strong force to guard
the frontier. This is quite as well, since it may
guard against future trouble. The slavery question
is becoming gradually settled ; and the latest news
is that the GeOrgia Convention has unanimously
passed an ordinance abolishing it for ever. It is far
better and wiser to leave each State to deal in the
same way with the suffrage question as it shall come
before it than to attempt to coerce an unwilling
people.

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Lord LYTTELTON made some very interesting re-
marks upon the Clubs of the Upper and the Working
Classes. This subject has of late conr,,, prominently
before the public, and engaged a considerable share
of attention, though not more than importance

ROYAL LISII OPERA, COVENT- path behind them. Whatever be the Federal
GAILDEN. theory of the sin of treason, however the
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THIS EVENING will be peroourimmedpyte,ye,rilredarm'seGLreamnd_
Opera, L'AFRICAIN E. Miss
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and long-continued efforts of several millions of
Lawrence, Henry Corr!, A. Cook,' Cook ; Messrs. Alberto
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Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon.
(commence at half-past 7. rebellion against existing authority, we in Eng-
- land cannot do otherwise than regard both, sides as
belligerents. As such, both are entitled to the laws
of war both parties bad when in active struggle—
a right to fair and equal dealing. The Federals
have conquered—they have achieved an uncondi-
tional triumph, and, consequently, the prizes and
the trophies of success are indisputably theirs. But
the mere accident of success or failure cannot
transform a soldier into a brigand, or a naval officer
into a pirate ; and since Captain WADDELL has, on
his part, fulfilled his part of the obligation by
striking his colours when the news of peace actually
reached him, we can have no excuse for detaining
him in custody or interfering with the liberty of
his crew. Had he continued the work of destruc-
tion knowingly in time of peace and reunion, he
would certainly have sunk to the level of piracy ;
but his previous course was fully in obedience to
the laws of warfare, which have always authorised
the capture and destruction of the enemy's property
as an important means of crippling his resources.
Undoubtedly the first object of any Power
at war with England would be to waylay her
richly freighted vessels, to attack :and injure her
commerce in every possible way. American com-
merce offers a tempting prize to any foe, and
accordingly it was a very natural consequence of
the struggle that the Confederates should direct
their attacks-,upon the merchant vessels of the
enemy. The Federals, it must be remembered, acted
upon precisely the same principle. They did not,
indeed, send out ships to interfere with Southern
commerce, for the very simple reason that they
annihilated the commerce altogether. One of their
first acts was to blockade the ports of the South,
and this proved throughout the war one of their
most powerful weapons. It is true that blockade-
running was carried on to a great extent ; it is true
that the kind friends in Boston supplied the Con-
federates liberally, being by no means averse to
make a little money out of the enemy, even though
it were by helping instead of hindering him. But
all these casual and extraneous supplies were as
dust in the balance compared with the steady and
constant stream of men, arms, and ammunition, to
say nothing of the ordinary commercial products
which flowed into the Northern ports. At the opening
of the war the Confederates were almost without re-
sources, and had they displayed the same spirit and re-
sources in 1864 that they did in 1861-2 their fortunes
might have beer, very different. But had it not
been for the closing of the ports they would have
been in a very different position in fighting the
enemy from first to last. It was the natural
course for them to pursue to commit what
damage they could, to retaliate as far as
possible on the North. It is quite impos-
sible for a really neutral power to regard the
Confederate privateers as other than regular ser-
vants of an organised government, which, however
brief in its existence, has had for four years a govern-
ment de facto ruling over a population to be num-
bered by millions. There is, therefore, no excuse
or reason for treating the commander and crew
of the Shenandoah as infringers of the international
law, or still less as felons or traitors. At the worst,
accepting the doctrine of rebellion, which no Eng-
lishman can reasonably do, if he upholds the coun-
ter doctrine of the rights of nationalities, Captain
WADDELL is merely a political offender, and
we are not in the habit of visiting on
political offenders their sins against their
own Governments. Neither do the Americans
trouble themselves to capture all refractory
Fenians ; and, we presume, that if any of the heroes
now under trial in the sister island were to escape
across the Atlantic, they would find a very secure
and comfortable asylum in Washington itself. The
surrender of the ship is equally a matter of course
with the liberation of the men. The spoils of
war belong in any case to the conqueror, but the
property on board the Shenandoah was originally
the property of Northern owners, and has therefore
a double obligation to be given into Northern hands.
It is clearly our duty to surrender it to the repre-
sentative of the existing American Government, to
whom, from henceforth, all communications on
American matters, whether North or South, must
be addressed.