The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-16 00:00:00

)clamation denounced

account. The Queen's pr..
all interference, warning her subjects to abstain
from all hostile acts against either belligerent ;
every act infringed that Proclamation, which
enabled the Confederates to make a naval base of
England. Whether England ought, at every
hazard, to have declared the Alabama a ship
outside all law, we do not pretend to say
but it may be doubted whether, if she had been
captured by a Union vessel instead of sunk, her
crew could have been treated as pirates. This was
certainly not the case with any vessel armed and
commissioned in a Confederate port. The peculiar
character of the Alabama and one or two others
was, that they had never entered the harbour of a
country whose flag they flew, and this is the dan-
gerous point, and the ruinous precedent established
if it stands against England. But, although a most
tit ions one ;or England, it would be a very bad oue
fur the United States, and the sooner it can be oblite-
rated the betccr,and the international law established
I that no ship of war can be recognized as belonging.
to a Power which is not commissioned. in a port Of
that Power. It is a laity that the United States did
not join in the Declaration of Paris, fur then the
illegal character of such vessels would have bee°
placed beyond all doubt.

" A Regular Subscriber " asks, " Is there all
treaty between England and America by which the
English Government can legally claim in America
a British subject guilty of fraud committed in this
country ?"
[Certainly; the Extradition Treaty provides for
the surrender of criminals. A curious point vos
raised during the Canadian rebellion, as narrated in
the letters of Sir Francis Head. D' 'Kenzie, a Bri-
tish subject, committed robbery, arson, and, we be-
lieve, murder, and fled to th 3 United States. Under
this Treaty, then just brought into force, Sir Francis
I demanded his person, but Mr. Marcey, the Governor
of New York, acting under the advice of the At-
torney-General of that State, declined to coraPlh
on the plea that, although guilty of these clip)°,
his acts were those of rebellion, and therefore he was
a political offender. Sir Francis argues that anY
thief might rob a bank with a green banner or
something in his hand, and calling this rebellion on
f
reaching foreign territory escape the consequences °,,_
his crime. Orsini, for instance, in the atrocious at,
tempt to murder Napoleon, could he have crossed
the frontier of France, might have got off on se7o
a plea ; and even John Wilkes Booth might htin
raised it on escaping into Canada when his persier
was demanded. British subjects accused of gill.r.cat
and felony, who are not able to raise the
plea, will be arrested in America, as was I‘l,°l
I and handed over to English officers of justice'
Ed. A.A.T.]

BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS.—OOI. Freyre, the
nthenwPeruvian Minister to the United States, arrived by
Arizona, May 25, at New York, and weEonnt7toAopsteh:esyt;il;
nreintdon Hotel. Senor Garcia y Garcia, late Peruvian gi-
lttbsaerrg,swreas also at the Clarendon. —T he Hon. Samuel SII;
Australasian.—The/iliister tHooPn o. r.:,vurag a. l ,A. Richardson,
arrivedieha
rin d s
Secretary of the Treasury, arrived at New York, 3.1". -d,
from Washington, and left for Boston the same evelliug.---
Lieut.-Gen. Phil. Sheridan and John C. Brackenridge vier?
in Cincinnati, May 25.—Ex-Secretary Seward arrived at
New York from Philadelphia, May 25, and heft in the
Jr.
et-
ternoon by the Hudson River Railroad to visit his son,
Be
Frederick W. Seward.—Professor Blaser of rlin bin
completed the model for a colossal bust of lexander v°°
--
Humboldt for a committee in New York. It Absa he
sent to Hanover to be cast in bronze under the
tendence of Howaldt.—The naturalist James flePb„°r3
died at Victoria, British Columbia, -n the 15th of AP"
Winchester'
Mr. James M. Mason returned tc on
's home,
Virginia, on the 15th of May, after many years' absene
and was met at the railway station by numerous citizen:
—Major-General George H. Thomas arrived in New Y.°. '
ht.!,
May 22, from West Point, and went to Washington ill
evening, whence he goes to California, by the Pacific 11."11
road, to assume command of th Department of the PSCISde.
and late Assistant Secretary of State,
—The Hon. F. W. Seward, son of ex-Secretary chasedwer '
place at Irvington, and proposes to reside in it permato ill;
superin-
-The Hon. John Worth, United States Consul at tb
Sandwich islands, arrived at New York, May 23, Fran'te
first train that came home direct through from Sall
cisco.—GeneralM'Clellan contemplated purchasing
•ti the neighbourhood of Morristown.—Mr• 31 alto.ten,
ttrici!
Doet°l'
May 25, accomplished the feat of walking in the
Skating Rink one hundred miles within twenty-four VI
gd died z
,o3rUss '
23 winningho a 4. purse of $330. His time, including rests, W 3
oMf2atyhme2i minutes, u
at
Free et s
\,
v.l, andersa
td
er.4osins
League,et c. seconds.—Alfred nd s . —Alfred Pen, rill:
the head of the London and I ' Trade
At v c r Repa onwodlafhsolarnos sun u' Pear
ex-Secretary
nYf cYet be
G: rusl:3ll-t
pany. The Executive Committee of the Free ,i to
League held a meeting on the afternoon of the fuser''- '3
pay a tribute of respect to his memory.—General Gra° ci.
house, in Quincy, Illinois, was lately entered and that
The General is credited with the epigrammatic remarEt' rf
"office-seeking was fast becoming one of the inclustrietsi;
America." Ex-President Johnson meditates gvc,
speech at Clarksville, Tenn , Saturday, May 29" Aid• te
Senator Morrill is named .as the probable 01'7" 3.,
for Governor of the " Temperance party '' ill 31'1 of
Capt.iin General Dulce, of Cuba, is so davgerously' 1 of
cancer, that be is hourly expected to die.— Joe. 31‘Le'ipr)o'is,
the firm of Grant and M'Lean, loather dealers, 111, •
_...
has been appointed collector of Customs in whichCoe
Secretary Seward owns the horses and carriage ~
Ws Adilli
were the property of President Lincoln during -11. gs of
nistration. They occasionally appear in the 5,,,e-,, Ole
Auburn, and Mr. Lincoln's coachman stiller'll°.'l3l pas
reins.—Stedman, the poet, is now a brok and
iao
aker -.'ror,
an office at 48, Broad-street, New York.—Spe
.s way' f
passed through New York, May 28, on 111 pat 0
Maine to Washington.—S. S. Lewis, forraerlY 3g th
a J. t
die ~o/iiies,
the Cunard Steamship Company, at Boston,
city on Thursday night, May 27.—Alexander. P.,i„a at
formerly President of the Old Colony
his residence in Kingston, Mass , May 27.—gaj or -s, ~
, of otr , t
Thomas L. Crittenden, Colonel of the 17th
u 1 1, . free
Railroad, „70neral
arrived, May 28, at Richmond, Virginia, eight 3'r
31i561
California.—Young Talbot, who attempted to ma_
ew'.i! at
Scribner, was buried at Forest Hill Russell
Boston, his native town, May 15.—gr• 3",°h,rnribane, fs,
Young, late managing editor of the New rot'," io, ttoa
it is said, coming to Europe as Messrs. JAY C:°ed tb°
Co.'s financial agent.—Charles W. Eliot bas c. p°' to
Presidency of Harvard College, and resigned hi:11001Y to
ol the Board of Overseors.—Miss Kellogg is
sic' in I'l°4
take a farewell benefit at the Academy theßoston 11-
York.—A. A. Folsom, superintendent of Tptoe'
Providence Railroad, has boon tendered the eePtisje frie,
dency of the Atlantic and Great Western
~,, 1100, s°Vitj
which has leased it.—Hon. Ebenezer Dionvass,... 'for.'
States Minister at Hayti, has had a recept at 7 of lite-
-Mr. Motley paid a visit to Chatham with a per 311-,opesae
rary friends, and was entertained by Gene3ld y lie
on Wedi'es tab; 27th
Murray, the commanding officer,
witnessed the trooping of tho colours 11 rrig°/1.-'
Regiment, and the gymnastic exercises of the gt.
.€4, wife
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle says that Dirs.
teasds'l3lll„ei, sr'
de; of her
of the State Senator recently as'oassinated,
rested on the charge of being concerned in the murilege, bas
husband.—Prdessor Young, of Dartmouth C°
Aost 111
been engaged by the Nautical Almanac Office tn_d wig bun
taking observations of the coming sun eclipse,
adseu toot Ilet
stationed at Des Moines, Inwa.—Speculation rotainena
results than ruin, fraud, and suicide ; for twe !there, ar)
operators in the New York Gold Room hada fighbv ~. ipter"
might have damaged each other had not frie ?rillet ea
fered.—The General Assembly of Rhode 1513.1,3..,,e '4°s,
Tuesday, May 25. Berry T. Eames of Providtlert:3o ave
elected Speaker of the House, and J. M. Ad coo 11
Charles P. Robinson, clerks. Sumner V. Sh,er, doper,'
elected clerk of the Senate. The votes :o°c'i:toti.ort
officers were counted, and the usual P • s v.esirt".
made. Governor Padleford took his seat snside re'
officer of the Senate, Ex-Governor 13. " _Gess'
visitors. for
tiring. Newport is getting thronged with
ndidiae a
ral Joseph E. Johnston is named as a ee„,., flaic
Mayor of Savannah.—Mr. Booth, the trage":: i',003 Or
lago at the Matinee on May 29, and then retir
ell." Tor tbe
stage, at least for a time.—The sailors illdiet.a„lo be°
murder of J. W. Jones, mate of the Tava, 11., ee
discharged.

AtAdTsiuTshrt:if;uooanfraet,hsooefill.a.4th inst.,at B' kle ICent, "'"-.
A (~ -g V. "'
HOPE—On the 15th inst., the Lady Ida 110 Pet o' .'
daughter. IC
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r 7 aNIII-
- MARRIAGES. Tileb"rsti
the 12th In at Apiegi
J. 11.-:Ble.lErat„c-si.-Tave Esq. of Calcot Park, Berk's, t3l''''delr.
1101INTON—On
widow of the late George Smith Thornton, of . 'll.
joesl'
MST. OUL —GARBANATI —On the 12th inst., at St• rotoll '
Piccadilly, P. Adrian, youngest son of Als- Ni '4006
Esq•, of 24, Great Percy-street, to Frances 7,,,,31i0r
eldest daughter of Paul C. Garbauati, Esq, of 'r''
house-street.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.
CROSSTEE —On the 13th inst., at Broad Carr House, 1131'3'
near Halifax, Wilkinson Crossley, Esq., aged
42. ta,
KING—On the 14th inst., Ms. Geo. sing, of 50,
GresWa
street, city, aged 36. 066
LAFONE —0 n the 14th inst., at Hastings, Alexandieli
Lafone, Esq., of Thingwall Hall, Cheshire, age" w".
Lo.:citc::PPrercui'
Precinct
ecdt
of v-sc'.
,of No. 112, trAntl, Priuter, at THE Sus Office, No. 12, St°
....,
Wednesday, June lc, 180,
utd:usbalvi: by WILLIAII ASD— oi
in to county of -311,1,11005..