The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-14
From the Paris Steele. July &c.
The Policy of England and France.

Yesterday morning. at half-pas nine. courier arrived
from London at the English embassy The dispatches,
which. il is said, OF the utmost Importance,
Immediately forwarded TO Lord CONVEY at Chantly, and
informed that at o'clock in the afternoon his
lordshp arrived in Paris 10 have conference with the
Minister OF Foreign Affairs However well sealed Off
ca dispatches may be something always escapes through
the envelopes and the Triple seals We relate, therefore,
with certain degree OF confidence what stated
in our letters from London, and by persons who left Lon
don at the lime with the letters The English
government, is said has informed that of France that
proceedings in the event OF which is happily still
certain AS regards the condition of the evacuation
Of the provinces OF the Danube the British cabinet is Of
opinion that il Is implicitly laid down in the propositions
OF arrangement which have been sent ST Peiersbugh
but it thinks it would not be amlss 10 lay il down
explicitly negotiations be carried with honor
only on this condition. Our letters Inform us Of some.
thing still serious The English government admits
that The fleets cannot without. riskng the respect due
order be TO them Iass the Dardanees, but
without Undertaking any warke operations without
fresh instructions The reasons which have determined
the British cabinet 10 take resolution apparently OPP
posed TO the ostensibe policy of Lord Aberdeen
follows: France and England have conclusively dem
onstrated that they have right TO take step which
they have not yet taken This is striking proof OF their
moderation. Bu, this moderation may have. and in fact
has, been taken by the Of Oriental population
sign Of fear and hesitation in the face Of Russia In this
opinion their part there lies real danger While Rus
sia nsials herself sovereign in two rich provinces.
whence she may act upon Servia aad Bulgaria. the Sui
tan in the of many people appears 10 be abandoned
by his allies who lose with him the prestige of their
power. Besides in what respect would the entry OF the
fleets into the DaFdanelles change the existing situation
To act of war Turkey, England, and France would
have replied by act OF war which, if il did hasten
peace would at any rate moi postpone if, for the Empe
ynr OF Russia coad not refuse an arrangement because
I'm and England should have assumed position in
Iufe balancing that taken by himself in the Danuban
provinces The entry Of the fleets may make Russia show
her intentions: il cannot alter them Moreover, il has
been found by experience that ambassadors will not
upon their responsibility and that it necessary
Tor the cabinets themselves 10 come to decision relative
TO the fleets. II could have hesitaed 10 circulate
this serious and decisive intelligence il would only have
been because conormable TO The policy advocated
by this journal, that might be thought had desired
rather than known II TO be true But thank God. is
known that we are actuaed By patriotic feelings more
approaching entry OF the fleets into The DArdanees has
been communicated 10 US most seriously fact hav-
ing all the character OF moral certainty As such we
give il to readers, begging them, nevertheless,
forget the difference between resolution taken and
fact accomplished
THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE FISHERY QUESTION.
In the House Of Lords on the 2s,h ut. The Earl OF
Waldegrave wished TO ask the Secretary for Foreign At
fairs whether the reduction OF the naval force upon the
coast OF Africa was temporary or not
Lord Clarendon in answer to the inquiry of the noble
eara most legitimate one after The information be must
have received-wshed TO say that If there any i'm
preston abroad either that the government were less
anxious about the suppression Of the slave trade than
heretofore that the number OF the feet reduced
or its efficiency diminished, he felt much obliged his
noble ffend for making tbs inquiry, gave him
opportunity OF saying that there the least in
Der OF the fleet. render il less efficient Hear hear
In consequence OF the noiice given him by his noble
friend. he bad put himself in communication with his
right homo rabe friend al the head of the Admiralty (Sr
J. Graham,) who informed him that ship bad been
Withdrawn from the fleet OF Admiral Bruce on the coast
OF Africa but those which accidentally required repairs
and not fit for active Since RICH hon.
orable friend hadbeen at the head OF the Admiralty only
one ship had been withdrawn from the admlrals fleet,
and he was informed that his right honorable friend
had commissioned two ships OF in its place,
ard that another, and possibly fourth, would be
also sent out within the week ten days He
that the noble earl would admit that his right hon.
orable friend fully alive the proprey and
sity OF keeping up the African squadron The noble earl
would also not fail 10 remember that his right honorable
friend the First Lord Of the Admiralty, with only peace
establishment AT his disposal had brought together the
feet now assembled al SIhead the feet now at the en-
trance OF the DadaDees the large naval force
for the defence OF the British fisheries in North America
and for guarding the coast of Cdba and Brazil besides
that which was required in China and a, RaDgoon.
HEAR hear He could appeal TO the noble ears probes
nonal knowledge and experience. whether his right hon
orabe friend had not made judIcous distribution OF the
force at his command for the different esigencies OF the
service, and the protection OF British interests in every
quarter OF the world Hear
The bishop OF Oxford wished 10 express the sasfac
ton with which the statement OF the noble earl relative
10 the African squadron would be received by many per
who watching the proceedings OF this
with peculiar anxiety He begged express his graft
fcaon at the statement inst made Their ordshps must
feel the exceeding importance OF carrying out thoroughly
what they undertook 10 do ri all in this matter II was
like stamping out fire. and II they ntermitted their
exerons all, the fame would be rekindled and the
whole work would have TO be done over again. He
joced heartily al the statement of the noble carl be-
cause il would assure many who took interest in
The subject that the work being done with vigor
and efficiency which eminenty marked his righ,
honorable friend atthe head OF the Board Of Admi
rally.
Their lordships then adjourned.