The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-02 00:00:00

TILE SEIZURE OF THE CoNFRDERATE

A second edition of the Neto York Terald of
Nov. 16 gives the following particulars of the arrest
of Messrs Mason and Slidell :
Fortress Monroe, Nov. 16.

The United States steam frigate San Jacinto,
Captain Wilkes, arrived in the Roadstead at half-
past 12 p.m., having on board the rebel commis-
sioners Slidell and Mason. They were taken from
the English mail steamer on the Bth inst. off Ber-
muda. Lieutenant Fairfax and .?,5 armed men went
from the San Jacinto with five officers, who boarded
the steamer and picked out the commissione:.s.
Messrs. Slidell and Mason made feeble resistance,
but were induced to leave with Lieutenant Fairfax.
The captain of the steamer rayed and swore, called

the United States officers " piratic:.l Yankees" and
other abusive names. One of the aecretaries of the
rebel commissioners, named Hosted or Hurstace,
also showed resistance; but himself and colleague
accompanied their employers to confinement. Mr.
Slidell had his wife and four children on board,
who were allowed to proceed to Europe. Commo-
dore Wilkes came ashore and had a lengthy conver-
sation with General Wool. He expressed his opinion
that he had done right, and said that, right or
wrong, these men had to be secured, and if he had
done wrong he could do no more than be cashiered
for it.

When it became known that these worthies were
n Hampton Roads, the excitement was immense.

Some reported that quarters would be provided
them on the Rip Raps, but either the frigate will
proceed to New York, or some other vessel will be
sent there with the prisoners on board, and deliver
them at Fort Lafayette.

Any instructions which were sent to Lord Lyons in
the Europa, on Saturday, will reach his lordship
about the 11th inst. A Southampton mail packet
will leave New York three days after that date, and
will reached England about the 26th. A Cunard
mail packet will leave America on the 18th inst.,
and will arrive in England about the 30th inst.

CHANGES IN THE' LORDS AND COM-

MO'vs DURING TILE YEAR.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tho following changes have occurred
in the peerage during the year 1861, viz., Deaths—Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, March 10; the Duke
of Bedford, May 14; the Duke of Sutherland, Feb. 28; the
Du e of Buckingham, July 29 ; the Earl of Fortescue,
Sept. 14 ; theEarlofGuildford, Jan. 29 ; the Earl of Mount-
!' dgcumbe, Sept. 3 ; the Earl of Traquair (title now ex-
tinct), Aug. 2 ; Lord Abinger, Lord Berwick, April 12 ;
Lord Braybrooke, Feb. 21; Lord Lilford, March 15 ; Lord
Herbert, Aug. 2 ; Lord Eglinton, Oct. 4 ; Lord Campbell,
June 23, and the Bishop of Durham. Creations : Admiral
Berkley, created Lord Fitzhardinge, Aug. 5; Sir R. Bothell,
created Lord Westbury, June 21 ; the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, created Lord Herbert, June 15 ; Lord John Rus •
sell, created Earl Russell, July 30. The Earl of Dunmore
will come of age in the ensuing year, and take his seat as
Baron Dunmore. In addition to the list of 15 peers who
are minors are added the Earl of Guildford, aged 11 years,
and Lord Herbert, aged 10 years.

HOUSE or Commons.—The following changes have oc-
curred in the House of Commons during the year, viz. :
Lieutenant R. W. D. Abercrombie has been elected for
Banffshire, in the room of Major Lachlan Duff Gordon,
who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds; Thomas Barnes, for
Bolton, in the place of Joseph Crook, who accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds; Lieutenant-Colonel Bathurst, for
South Wilts, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, created a peer ; Henry Beaumont Coles, for An-
dover, Alderman Cubitt having resign,d ; the Right Hon.
Sir David Dundas, for Sutherlandshire, the Marquis of
Stafford having become Duke of Sutherland ; William
Edward Forster, for Bradford, Titus salt haying accepted
the Chiltern Hundreds; Lord Richard Grosvenor, for
Flintshire, vacant by the death of the Hon. Thomas
Edward Lloyd Mostyn ; William Unwin Heygate, for
Leicester, vacant by the death of Dr. Noble ; Richard Hodg-
son, for Tynemouth, vacant by the resignation of Hugh
Taylor ; Captain J. Taylor, for Montgomeryshire, vacant by
the death of David Pugh ; Nicholas Philpott Leader, for
Cork city, Richard Deasy having been promoted to the
Irish bench ; W. Leslie, for Aberdeenshire, vacant at the
commencement of the year ; John H. Lewis, for Maryle-
bone, Edwin James having resigned ; W. Morrison, for
Plymouth, Viscount Valletort having become Earl of
Mount-Edgcumbe ; Charles William O'Hara, for Sligo, in
the room of Charles William Cooper; Sir Hugh Owen, for
Pembroke District, vacant by the death of Sir John Owen ;
Sir Roundell Palmer, for Richmond, Yorkshire, vacant by
the resignation of B enry Rich; George Lort Phillips, for
Pembrokeshire, vacant at the commencement of the year;
Edmund Potter, for Carlisle, v..cant by the death of Sir
James Graham, Bat. ; Lord Henry Scott, for Selkirk-
shire, vacant by the retirement of Allen Elliott Lockhart;
Charles Turner, the third member for south Lancashire,
under the act passed last session; Thomas Matthew
Weguelin, for Wolvarhampton, Sir Richard Bethell having
been created a peer ; and Western Wood for the City of
London, Lord John Russell having been created a peer.
By the death of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, ono of the
seats for Finsbury is vacant; and by the death of J. H. H.
Foley, (ne of the seats for East Worcestershire. The first
election of a member for Birkenhead, under the Appropria-
tiou of Seats Act, will take place after the Ist of December.

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