The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-28 00:00:00

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THE WEATHER.—STIN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 28,1861
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
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35—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day at noon.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1861.

Whatever the law of the case, all Englishmen
will be slow to regard the seizure of the passengers
on board a British mail ship in any light but one
—that of a bullying exhibition of what Yankees
dare do against unarmed " Britishers." This was
the meaning of the act, and the common sense of
the country will treat it according to its meaning,
rot according to the technicalities of international
law. It will not be easy, and we do not know that
it would be right, to repress indignation. We are
not without hope that the Crown lawyers will
decide that an unarmed passenger on board a
British ship, be he from what country he may,
can no more be seized without our authorisa-
tion, than if the same man were standing
on British soil. However this may be,
we regard the act as an intentional insult to the
British flag, and an insult for which the Govern-
ment at the North is responsible. The officer in
command of the San Jacinto was, of course, but
their servant; his manner of executing orders
might be more or less rude, but the great insult is
from ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The wantonness of the seizure is apparent in
its inutility; and in the far greater mischief it
must do to the Northern cause in Europe than any
which could have been effected by the two commis-
sioners reaching this country. It was known that
the South had its commissioners here, in fact,
already, and probably by this time all the written
communications brought over by Messrs, SLIDELL
and MASON are in Mr. YANCEY'S hands. Ample
means will be found, when vessels are run-
ning the blockade every 'lay, to communicate
with Europe, and nothing, therefore, of im-
portance could be gained by capturing the two
individuals. The San Jacinto has really done little
more than taken two of the Southern population
prisoners to New York.

13ut if the gain in that respect be very small,
the mischief done in arousing the of Europe
will be great. France will in a measure share
the displeasure of England, notwithstanding the
toadyism of Americans towards her. Perhaps,
indeed, its America knows that the EMPEROR
would not have put up with such an insult for a
moment, the attempt might not have been made
on a French ship. Still France will feel with
England that maritime rights, of which she thinks
more than ever, are liable
to be trifled with at
pleasure in the West, if behaviour like this is tole-
rated. Here the feeling will be One of universal
contemptuous irritation ; not just the one which
can best serve North American interests at
- this moment. If at a time when we could settle
the conflict for ever by the action we took, they see
fit to commit against us illegal acts, or acts of ques-
tionable legality, and acts certainly of the most
provoking discourtesy, what may we not look for
if they can re establish their power? The North
has now done what it can to make the cause of the
South the popular cause in England, and to convert
into heroes men who, had they been allowed to
reach this country, would, from the capacity they
came in, have met with but a cold reception. %Ve
must sot, it is true, lose our temper with swagger-
ing bullies, and reciprocate their behaviour, but we '
shall at least be discharged from the obligation to
show to them ordinary international civilities.
We will not push and insult in return, but it will " As though 'twere by a wizard's rod,
A blazing arch of lucid glass
not be easy for us to make our bow to those who Leaps like a fountain from the grass
venture to annoy us up to the very limits of pro- To meet the sun I"
v°lunig Pollee intervention. we are we have no chance of beholding, down
-
Ate Indeed, by no means sure that Mr. 5E- at South Kensington, in the new building now

i 4 But yesterday a naked sod
The dandies sneered from Rotton-row,
And cantered o'er it to and fro;
And see 'tis done !