The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-11-22
THE DAILY DIsPAIgH::
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Thc fsursk ma.sy. -. ,,,,...dirrs
-. 49,. rserAid contains the proc 'soA.
ss.., meeting Of the New YORK .n- n.
:. -,r,erce IN reference to the aes'on -
o. 60, = seixins the Bark Maury Inc oo',e'
fisn eonsa. = -. "a take such steps as might De
OF tne "cD''-s -s..,..e the owners Of that vessea
- I.,v YORK merchants from being engage"
$500, enterprises. A committee OF ten was
.a,,,cs "a investigate the facts and ailay the uu
.f.ea.,.rv irritation that had been excited IN 1'e
,,,,,5s ~ the English people by the ssatemen, -
~. affair first sent over by the British Sons1
,rh;s Committee will examine the afhdas.s Up
,rhic. the vessel was libelled, and make Jun "'N
searching inquiry into the whole transaehon'
r,. h.rt Marry. II will be recoiiecteu' Is
.,.,- ,.assej buil, in the port OF Ne" TN 90
.,,.rs .,,eee and as the resPeetabie merchants Vi
-. yart believe. for the China trade Anthony
1,s..,.v however. the British Consul in New OK
-, u,,ou information given to him, MADE oa''l
,os,ra the IT, s. Commissioner in October last sha'
he had reason to believe that the vessel was ounl
s,.ed ont and armed, with intent to be empioyed
bv the Russian Government as a RUSSIAN "a ai"e
,sfdavit was also made by one Jonn N. sSo'-
Ill ,ol;ce officer, giving his opinion that tne
resse, was built for warlike purposes ana stating
- examination he found in her hold ana
,octors lannon's muskets pistols, SWORDS ahu o.he'
.-,~..,o,,,. NJ war One William ID. Craft. ship
...:,aor made an affidavit containing similar opin-
-. nd statements. A lawyer by the naiue OF
C,.-I,, rd,v,-ds also made affidavit that he be-
.o,,ho os ca, was intended for Russian cruiser
II .ao,;sed narrower that he had conversation
with person whom he believed 10 DC i''ss 10,
80 -, ,vb;ch he gathered that the vessel
- eide of port, would ship new crew OF
"Ao 80. mon and she would be employed al
20 particularly. in attempting to overha'ii
- ono or more of what are known as the W"
I'd steamers" British vesselsO and take 'ae' do
-rizes mt additional coal on board, ana guns anu
,ha, On in company while there were also o'iiei
-o,soIs bu;It and fitted out by the RUSSIAN govern
mont similar to the Maury, who were ready 10
;o; ber on similar errands, with an ultimate des'i
..;o, a oainst British possessions in the Eastern
hemisphere. -. .,,.uoz;..od
7. IL no wonder that this story, uncontradicleo
and unexplained, caused considerable sensation
,vbop If reached England An investlgatioii, no"
over before the proper authorities, showed ina
,bere was not the slightest foundation tor the aiie
cations of the British Consul and that the arms Oh
hoard the vessel were only such as are always car
ried bv all vessels in the China trade. Inc ne"
,-,,;-,, rnon which the merchants of New Yori
YORK have resolved, cannot possibly disclose an!
other state of facts.
Whilst, however, the British government Is 81
sensitive upon the crime of building ships In thu
United States for Russia, it has no scruples upol
the subject of ensting men here against that coun
81 try 1t exhibits the inconsistency OF menaclnS u
with war if we permit Russia to build ships here
and threatening the same retribution if we do nc
permit Britain to enlist soldiers. The Unite
States has hitherto strictly preserved its neutralt,
and if forced into war, can go into it with clea
hanI