The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-01 00:00:00

! with the authority of her Mojesty'sMovernment ; but he
it-had-tiotheen done with the authority
of Sir G."-Le Merchant, under his own directions. Ac-
re-et:dingle Lord Clarentlon, he-had never given any-io-
structions of the kind, but what pessible object could
Mr, Crampton have had in communicating these facts to
the Foreign Secretary ? At first sight it did not appear,
but on a moment's reflection the house would perceive
that it enabled him to rush off to the United States Fo-
reign Secretary, and throw the communication into his
face as a declaration of her Majesty's Government. Mr.
Marcy expressed himself satisfied then with regard to the
acts of Angus M'Donald, just as he now declared him-
self to be satisfied with the recent explanations of her
Majesty's Government Let him, however, now call at-
tention to the fact that at the very time Mr. Cramp-
ton went to the Foreign Secretary of the United
States the Government were countenancing the issu-
ing under the authority of the Royal arms of
another proclamation, containing all that was in
M‘Donald's notification, nay, going a great deal
more in advance of it ; and yet, stupendously inconsist-
ent as it might appear, Lord Clarendon declared this
document to be legal while the other was not. There
could be no doubt that Mr. Marcy accepted the commu-
nication made to him at thistiine by Mr. Crampton as a
complete disavowal on the 'part of her Majesty's Govern-
ment of all participation in the enlistment movement.
Well, Mr. Crampton having settled this difficulty pro-
ceeded in hot haste to Cacada to organise an extensive
system of enlistment, and under his authority emissaries
of all kinds were employed for working out the scheme,
who were furnished by himself with ciphers for carrying-
on a correspondence relatiie to it. They had this on the
authority of Mr. Strobel, one of the agents employed, a
person of doubtful reputation, certainly ; but Mr. Cramp-
ton admits having furnished the agents with memoranda
and ciphers for their guidance in carrying nut his instruc-
tions. It would be scarcely a figure of speech to nay
that at the very moment Mr. Crampton was drawing up
these memoranda and constructing his mysterious cipher
in Canada, Mr. Lumley, his secretary, -was explaining
the reason of hie absence from NVashingtou to Mr.
Marcy. The absence of Mr. Crampton had become a
source of uneasiness to the United States Government,
and Mr. Marcy applied, to Mr. Lumley. for some expla-
nation on the sukeect. What passed at the interview
Mr. Lumley communicated to Lord Clarendon in the
following terms :

Washington, May 7, 1855.

At an interview which I had with Mr. Marcy, I told
him that he had judged rightly in supposing that Mr.
Crampton's visit to Canada had reference to the enlist-
ment question. I stated that from the first moment this
question was mooted, Mr. Crampton had shown the
greatest anxiety that it should in no way lead to vio-

rations of the lawn of the United States,. thai he believed
everything that could be dune might be effected legally,
and that he was determined, as far as ley in his pearer, to
prevent anything like infraction or evasion of the neutrality
laws of this country. Unfortunately the very stringent ea.
ture of the provisions of these laws was not generally under-
stood, and several persons had on their own esponsibility
acted at variance with them, and it, was for the purpose of
fully explaining the bearings of the law, and of pteventing
much infractions, that Mr.Cranipton had undertaken his
journey to the British provinces. I then told Mr. Marcy
that as I thought it would interest him to see your lordship's
last instructions on the subject I.had brought them with
me, and I said that I was certain a perusal et this paper
would convince him of two things : tirst, that the -view
which had been taken, and the opinions which had been ex-
pressed
.by Mr. Cranepton on this subject, were 'precisely
such as Mr. Marcy might have expected from his knowledge
of Mr. Cramptou ; and secondly. th tt those. opitaioari had
been resp 'tided toby her Majesty's Government in the same
frank and honourable manner. I then re-el to Me. Marcy a
copy of your lordship's depatch of the 12th eh; Mr. Mercy
appeared much pleased with this counimeication, and said
that As the question was one which had engaged the atten. '
tion of the United States GovernMent, he should he very
glad to be able to show this despatch, to . the Cabinet. I
talii Mr. Marcy that I had no instructious to leave it with
him, but I would take upon myself to do so if he would con-
sider it in the light of a private memorandum. Mr. Itacy
said he would note it as such, and that if at any time Mr.
Crampton wished he might recall it ; " the question," Mr.
Marcy added, " will no doubt come before Congress, an.r I
should be glad if this despatch could be found among the
papers cailed for." I am aware that in leaving this despatch
with Mr. Marcy I have transgressed the regulations ..f her
Majesty's service, for which I must throw yoursef on your
lordship's indulgeece. but Mr. Crampton was anxious thak,
the United States Government should not for a Influent
suppose that a project fur enlisting troops for her Majesty's
service within the Uuited States had ever been (*uteri'.
plated. After reading the despatch himself Mr. Marcy said
he had no doubt that the course pursued, by Mr. Cramptou
was the proper one; he was, indeed, convinced of this
from having seen Me. Crampton's instructions to her Ma-
jesty's consuls when the question of recruiting iu the
United States first arose.

Lord Clarendon replied t ) that despatch,' ap,:rnving of
what Mr. Lumley had done, and yet he must have known
that the explanation given was evasive and shuffling. It
needed no lawyer to make out the meaning it intended to
convey ; it was simply to deCeive, for at the very .itne it
was given Mr. Crampton was undoubtedly engaged in mak-
ing arrangements in Canada to defeat the enlistment law
of the United States. Ile had often hoard the him. mem-
ber for North Warwickshire talk of the mental reserva-
tions—of the suppressia re ri and the vuve.,tio falsi, sanc-
tioned and advocated in the musty volumes olsota ) ancient
ktoman Catholic divine but he asked him whether he
was prepared, either by act or speech, or both, to couute-
Hance this perversion of the English language, whose purity
and simplicity were not calculated to encourage a spit it of
mental..reservatien, or the conduct Of a British minister
who so twisted au explanation as to display more suppressio
vest or suggestio falsi thou would have taxed the iii,e,turty
or the conscience of an Escobar. Now, in the month of May
these enlistment proceedings in the United Statei werej is it-
cially shown to be illegal, and yet during the whole of Slay,

-June, and uly Mr. Crampton allowed these proceediugs
to be taken, and so far Mr- Ciesuiptou alone was held re-
sponsible. Iu the mouth, howeVer of September, the trial
was made kuowu, and the complicity of Lord Clereudou
with Mr. Crampton's arrangeineutamust then have become
fully apparent. The noble lord must then have been fully
.ware of Mr. Cranaptou's having employed German elni;-
series of all kinds of cuarieders ; of his having tarnished
hem with meinurauda for their gui ;epee, :me of hi,
lieviug invented a cipuer for carrying on their cerres
peritonea. Well, now, 'lid Lord Clareedun ever hypothe-
tically express the smeilest disapproval of any one of these
proceedings ? He did not.. The answer of the Anami-
eau Government to these iusolaut charges was before the
world, and it was as complete as it was unexception-
able in its tone and temper. Lord Clarendon said that
the American judges, the American courts, and the
'American Government, supported as they were by the
epinion of their own legal advisers, were all wrong ;
end the noble lord offered to furnish them with a correct
eonstruction of their own law. The noble lord's argument
was most peculiar. He retie that no infringement of the
American law could take place unless there was a valid
contract to enlist ; bet then he said that, in oreer to con-
stitute a valid contract, the party must be attested, and
the attesdetion could net t dre place anywhere except upon
English territory. The noble lord, not satisfied with de-
.ending the conduct of his Government, went ou, without
the smallest reason, deliberately to advance claims on the
part of the Crown that were of a most dangerous charac-
ter. In a letter to Mr. Marcy he said that her Majesty
had a right to recall to her service any of her own sub•
jects who were capable of bearing arms. (Loud cheers.)
He (Mr. Moore) would only like to see any Government
attempt to put a claim like that in force iu case hestilities
arose between this country and Americe. Such a claim
involved questions upeu which the Americans felt
strongly, and he should like to 840 au)* English Govern-
ment. hang a person found on boerd an A werican ship on
tee plea that he was an English subject. He (the hon.
,ilember) would now take leave of Lord Clerendou's cur-
respoudeace ; but he must be allowed to make some re-
marks upon the conduct of her Majesty's Government in
impugning the testieroey and befouling the character of
their own officers. (Hear.) They had audaciously and un-
necessarily proclaimed to the wised that men in the Bri-
tish service who had been confidentially employed by Bri-
tish agents abroad had characters so abominably flagitious
that they were not to be believed upon their oath. Mr.
Strobel was a captain in the British service; he was
asked to dine with Sir Gasper d Le Merchant, and he was
called " Dear Mr. Strobel" till he was called to bear wit-
ness against Mr. Crampton. Then a compatriot was cited
to prove that Strobel was a Russian spy. Presently, how-
ever, this new witness was found swearing against Mr.
Crampton harder than Strobel himself, and then it was
discovered that his character was also bad. (A laugh.)
Such a procedure he (Mr. Moore) could not help regarding
as most discreditable not only to the Government who put
forth such a plea, but to the nation. Lord Clarendon might
have known from experience the results that would be cer-
tain to follow the employment of such means. Not long
ago there was a journal in Dublin called the World. It
was for some months the organ of the I ish Government,
and the character both of the paper and of its conductors
was known from the first to everybody. As soon as the
connection became inconvenient Lord Clarendon found out
that the editor was a most doubtful person, and the noble
lord went into a court of justice in order to depose to the fact.
The conduct of Lord Clarendon bore a strik:ug resemblance
ki that of the late Mr. Palmer. Palmer also impeached
the character of the witnesses, and he also found fault
with the Attorney-General.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No, no. (Laughter.)
Mr. MOORE—Palmer also favoured the world with his
own peculiar notions of jurisprudence. He Was charged
with murdering the deceased with strychnine, and he con-
tended that as he did not use that drug he was not guilty.
The answer of the Government was illogical, but conclu-
sive—they hanged him. And in like manner the Ameri-
can Government were treated with equally coe°ent argu-
ments ; but they dismissed Mr. Crampton. He (Mr.
fvloere) thought that they had no other course to pur7
sue. Their neutrality had been grossly violated ; their
centidenCe had been ehaken ; they had been imposed on

by false 'assurances ; they had been subrounded by a
systematic conspiracy to defeat ;he laws of their colic-
ry ; their c.,mplaints had been met by reeriminationg,
by insolent criticisms on their courts •of anjudicature,
and by special p'eadiug _which, was insulting alike to
their authority and to their intelligence-. The English
people could take no just excep ion to the course whirl,
Lue American Government had witched, or to the tow,
and temper in whicl it had vindicated its honour. But
in the meantime how had her Majes'ys Government
vindicated theirs ? To the heaped-up accumulation of
disgrace they had added yet an —they had nothing
to say but that they liked it. The noble lord began by
observing :

Her Majesty's Government are gratified at learning that
the assurances contained in my note to you of April 30, that
no intention existed on the pmrtof herMajasty'sGoverumeni.
to violate the laws, compromise the neutrality, or disregard
the sovereignty of the United States, have been unreserv-
edly accepted by the President, and that all cause of diffe-
rence with respect to the question of enlistment has cease,.
to exist between the Governments of Great Britain and of
the United States."

Now it was not the fact that the President had accepiett
the assurances of h-r M ,j-.sty's Government utiresery
udly. The case was as it one man were to strike anothe
and then deny that he had cone so ; and if the injure('
party were to reply, " My dear sir, I am perfectly sati—
fied with your statement, but, as I am certain that you(
hand (lid ,trike me, I shag take the Ilherty of chopping
it off." The answer of her Majesty's Government wa,
as it the other man was to say la retunr that, althougi(
the offending hard had an:foubtedly been struck off, he
was glad to find that tie person who had so mutilated