The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-05 00:00:00

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General Mitchell was made aware of the facts
took no notice of them. The New York p
passes the matter over with slight remark, but it
is so publicly spoken of here in every society, and
so openly canvassed by the press of Cincinnati
and other cities nearer the scene, that it has be-
come quite impossible for Mr. Lincoln, as Com-
mander-in-Chief of the army, to imitate Turchin's
example, and shut his eyes to the atrocities of
his subordinates. General Mitchell himself
must demand inquiry if he would stand well with
the public either as a gentleman or a soldier ; and,
as f'or Tui chin and his whole company,if the charge
be true, they should be shot en masse—if such a
death be not too soldierly for brutes like them,who
deserve flagellation first and hanging afterwards as
the more befitting punishment.
Yesterday was the first anniversary of the battle
of Bull Run. What has the North gained in the
interval ? Nothing but a series of barren victories,
and as much Southern land and water as is com-
manded by the range of their guns. A year ago
the Southern armies menaced Washington, and they
menace it now. A year ago the war might have
been brought to a close by Southern audacity and
the easy capture of the Fedsral capital. The same
termination is as possible now as it was then—if not
more probable. Charleston, Mobile, and Savannah
all wave the Confederate flag. Richmond defies
assault. The Mississippi is closed against the great
West and its produce by the obstinate resistance
of Vicksburg, and New Orleans is Federal by the
grace of the soldiers of Butler, but Confederate, in
body, heart, and soul, and by no means safe from
a triumphant recapture. The Border States are
shaking in their allegiance, and the little Union
feelingproduced
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BRITISH TRADE WITH THE BAHAMAS.

The following correspondence has passed between
a body of shipowners in Liverpool and the Foreign-
office :
" To HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

" The humble memorial of the undersigned British
merchants and shipowners showeth,—
" That your memorialists view with considerable
anxiety and apprehension the hostile attitude at
present assumed by Federal cruisers in the Bahama
waters. These cruisers are now blockading the
British port of Nassau as if it were a Confederate
port, and are making prize of British vessels sail-
ing from one British port to another with British
goods, though such vessels are perfectly innocent
of any attempt to run the blockade. If such a vio-
lation of international rights be passed over by her
Majesty's Government very disastrous consequences
will ensue to your memorialists and other merchants
and shipowners trading in those waters. Many
British vessels fitted out for sea with British car-
goes for Nassau are now deterred frotn sailing in
apprehension of seizure ; for, though it may be
clearly proved that such seizure is unjustifiable,
your memorialists have no confidence in the admi-
nistration of justice in the Federal Prize Courts, or
in the prospect of being compensated for the injury
inflicted. The confidence of mercantile men in the
sanctity of the British flag is already so much
shaken that underwriters are demanding 10 per
cent. promium for insuring from risk of capture
British goods in British bottoms, sailing from one
British port to another. Yoar memorialists, there-
fore, pray that steps may be taken by her Majesty's
Government to protect British shipping in the
Bahama waters, and to put a check on the unwar-
rantable seizures so repeatedly perpetrated by the
Federal cruisers. And your memorialists will ever
pray, &c."
(Signed by 40 shipowners.)

"Foreign-office, July 5, 181
" Sir,—l am directed by Earl Russell to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d inst., en-
closing a memorial from certain British merchants
and shipowners at Liverpool, in which they state
they view with considerable anxiety and apprehen-
sion the hostile attitude assumed by Federal
cruisers in the Bahama waters, and the memorial-
ists pray that steps may be taken by her Majesty's
Government to protect British shipping in those
waters, and put a check on the seizures so repeat-
edly made by the Federal cruisers. lam to state
to you, in reply, that it is alleged, on the other
hand, by Mr. Seward and Mr. Adams, that ships
have been sent from this country to America with
a fixed purpose to run the blockade ; that high
premiums of insurance have been paid with this
view ; and that arms and ammunition have been
thus conveyed to the Southern States to enable
them to carry on the war. Lord Russell was
unable either to deny the truth of those allegations
or to prosecute to conviction the parties engaged in
those transactions. But he cannot be surprised that
the cruisers of the United States should watch with
vigilance a port which is said to be the great en-
trepot of this commerce. Her Majesty's Govern-
ment have no reason to doubt the equity and ad-
herence to legal requirement of the United States'
Prize Courts. But he is aware that many vessels
are subject to harsh treatment, and that, if cap-
tured, the loss to the merchant is far from being
compensated, even by a favourable decision in a
Prize Court. The true remedy would be that the
merchants and shipowners of Liverpool should re-
frain from this species of trade. It exposes inno-
cent commerce to vexatious detention and search
by American cruisers ; it produces irritation and
ill-will on the part of the
population of the
Northern States of America ; it -
spirit of her Majesty's proclamation
ex-
poses the British name
to suspicions of ; and it
bad faith,
to which neither her Majesty's
nation Government nor
the great body of theare justly obnoxious.
It is true, indeed, the
supplies of
ammu-
nition have been sent to arms and
the Federals equally in
contravention of that
neutrality which her Ma-
jesty has proclaimed. It is true, also, that the
Federals obtain more freely and more easily that
of which
they stand in need. But if the Confede-
rates had command J
would, no doubt,
of the sea they
w ateh as "vig't an tl 1 y, and capture as readily, Bri-
tish vessels going to New York as the Federals now
watch Charleston and capture vessels seeking to
break the blockade. There can be no doubt
that the watchfulness exoreised by Federal cruisers
reaching the Confederates by
to prevent supplies t
vexatious visits of
merchant ships not engaged
sea will occasionally lead o
in any pursuit to
which the Federals can properly object. This,
however, is an evil to which war on the ocean is
liable to expose neutral commerce, and her Ma-
jesty's Government have done all they can fairly
do ; that is to say, urged the Federal Government
to enjoin upon their naval officers greater caution
fier
in the exercise of their belligerent rights.
'Majesty's Government, having represented to the
United States' Government every case in which
they were justifieA
- in interfering, have only fur-
ther to observe that it is the duty of her Majesty's
subjects to conform to her Majesty's proclamation,
and abstain from furnishing to either belligerent