The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-27 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2G.
The steamer North American, Captain Borland,
which left Portland on the 14th inst., and called
off Londonderry last night, has arrived here.
The City of Baltimore, from New York on the
14th, is also off the port, but at the present writing
no papers have been obtained from her. Our
latest New York journals are consequently those of
the 13th inst. They were actively canvassing
English sentiment upon the Trent affair, as
shadowed forth in the papers taken out from South-
ampton by the Hansa, on the 28th ultimo. The
Anglo-Saxon, with additional details, was cverdue
at Portland; and the Europa, with the instructions
to Lord Lyons, would probably reach Halifax on
the 14th or 15th, as she passed Cape Race on the
13th at eleven a.m. The weather at the time was
heavy, and her news could not be obtained by the
news boat of the Associated Press.
The New York Herald talks largely of " British
bluster," and of the "sober second thought," and
predicts that the British Government will lay to
heart the recommendations of the Peace party.
The .New York 2imes also argues that after the
Ant outburst of indignation in England a reaction
had set in, it being almest unanimously acknow-
ledged by the English journals that America had
the law on her side. The Times concludes as
follows ;

".There will, undoubtedly, be a good deal of
genuine smarting under what may be looked upon
as an insult and an injury. Let us allow something
for this. It is just to leave t margin for feelings
natural to a proud and imperious nation. Local
sentiments and associations are always more potent
than general convictions. But, making due
Allowance for this, we take final stand on
the acknowledged rectitude of our position.
If popular passion is to be allowed to contravene a
right in the law of nations, we accept any issue
that may result. Of course, the status cannot be
restored, the rebel emissaries can never be surren-
dered. But if there be any ground of complaint,
arising from any irregularity in our procedure, there
will be perfect readiness to make all due reparation.
We have committed ourselves to nothing that hin-
ders our doing so with entire dignity. If England
meets us in the same spirit, there will be no chance
of our quarrelling over Messrs. Mason and Slidell."
The New York World says Americans can afford
to be unmoved spectators of the bluster of the Eng-
lish populace and press, inasmuch as they have
right on their side. It concludes as follows:—
"Although nothing serious is likely to grow out
of this transaction, it is to be regretted that the
English press is inclined to make it the occasion of
exciting an embittered popular feeling towards this
country. It will be more difficult to preserve amic-
able relations between the two countries after a
transaction which so touches and irritates English
national pride. But the English Government has
too much prudence to drift into war on an inconsi-
derate popular excitement, which ceuld have no
existence but for popular ignorance cf the legal
questions involved.'
The Journal of Commerce says :
" We regard the news from England as decidedly
satisfactory. We have accounts of only one day's
occurrence after the arrival of the La Plate; but
that day affords abundant evidence that the English
people will recognise the law of the case as laid
down by us, and that, while we shall hear of consi-
derable excitement, we shall have no trouble from
the Mason and Slidell affair. The people talk, but
the London 7imes—the great leader of the anti-
American interests—gives up all idea of founding a
quarrel on it, and concedes the American right."
The Journal then reviews the arguments which
were being advanced in England, the Liverpool
indignation meeting, &e., and concludes by expres-
sing its satisfaction with the appearance of affairs,
and reiterating its belief that no one need apprehend
future trouble.
The New York Herald sap :
" The Canadians are becoming excited about the
chances of a war with the United States, and a
general call to arms seems to be the order of the day.
Volunteers are being drilled with greater exactness
• and constancy than heretofore, and certain of the
storekeepers, especially those of Montreal, have
agreed to close their stores at one o'clock on
Saturday afternoons, to enable their young men
to have'extra time for military duties. The Seden-
tary Militia are to be called out, and one journal
intimates that nearly 200,000 men could be raised
in a very short space of time. Regular troops are
marching from one part of the provinces to another,
and a party of sappers destined for Toronto arrived
at Quebec, having marched between that city and
Halifax, Nova Scotia, overland, in ten days and two
hours. Gen. Williams, of Kars, and his staff, have
been engaged inspecting the old, and in superin-
tending the erection of new fortifications along the
whole Canadian frontier, and left Toronto on the
10th for Montreal. Lieut.-Col. Robertson, however,
remains to superintend the erection of the new
works of defence at that place."
The _Richmond Enquirer says that the Southern
Congress, while in session, passed a bill admitting
Kentucky into the Confederacy. The admission is
complete, as commissioners were appointed at Rus-
sellville, and empowered to act in behalf of Kentucky.
A bill has been introduced into the Confederate
Congress, prohibiting the importation of negroes
from Africa.
The Alabama House of Representatives has passed
a bill legalising the suspension of specie payment
by the chartered banks of the State.
The report of the superseding of General Price
by General Heath is denied.
The Governor of Mississippi has made a call
upon the inhabitants for arms.
A St. Louis telegram says :—" The Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers have been placed under mili-
tary control and surveillance, and no boat will be
permitted to take freight or passengers except
those authorised and commissioned by the proper
military authority.
" Late news from Price's army place him still at
Osceola, with 10,000 or 15,000 men. Ho has 53
cannon, and lately received 2,500 new tents. His
men are well armed and clothed."
A Cincinnati despatch states the town of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, was in a high state of excitement
on the 6th and 7th inst., owing to an attempt being
made to draft citizens into the army. The indigna-
tion of the people was intense. A riot broke out in
the 4th Ward, and four policemen, who attempted
to quell the mob, were shot dead. The mob rushed
to the Capitol to attack Governor Harris, who fled
to Memphis. The papers on the next day announced
that he had gone thither on business.
The hospitals at Nashville are filled with the
sick. The number was estimated at from 8,000 to
10,000. The prevailing diseases were smallpox and
pneumonia. The troops from Texas, Louisiana, and
Mississippi suffered most,

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
The City of Baltimore is ' in
the river. Papers
just received.
The 1170 v Fork ,Tournal of the 14th contains the
following dispatch, dated Washington,ro
" Our Government entertains the fullest confidence :
the natural but temporary indignation manifested by cc
somethat
tort ens of the English people in reference to the seizure of
the traitors, Mason and Slidell, on board of a British Vessel,
will soon be allayed, and that upon calm reflection and a
complete understanding of the facts and the law, they will
rise above the dictates of passion and prejudice. The Pre-
sident and Cabinet are agreeably surprised to-day at the
mild tone assumed and the sensible view taken of the sub-
ject by the Thunderer,' and expressed by the speakers at
the Cotton Mart meeting, as announced by the arrival of
the steamer Hansa from Bremen. They perceive in these
indications an appreciation of right and a sense of justice of
the act, which must overcome all the prejudice which at
first caused the affair to be regarded as an outrage on the
British flag. The danger of an interruption of the amicable
relations subsisting between ibis Government and Great
Britain is daily decreasing, The immediate prospect of the
sumption of the exportation of cotton, under the auspices
of the Federal Government, cannot fail to produce a reac-
tionary feeling towards the United States among the British
masses; and the candid acknowledgment of English jurists
that Commander Wilkes only did right in boarding the
Treateo and arresting the rebel commissioners will give a
rlr7ltetone to public feeling there on the subject."
New York Herald of the 14th thus repre-
sentettleontilit, alien at that date :
to the late brillaileareport
to f General Harvey Brown relative
at Fort Pickens is a pain, sue-