New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-23
IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC IMTrIIJcENcr
The Rigss.s Of Ssptral' in the War.
COUNT SEssELRoDE AND Mr.. MASON.

From Our Special coirspsnsenf- at
PARIS, Thursday, June 2. 1855.
have it in my power to give you to-day som
diplomatic intelligence, of private character
oil the very highest important, Intelligence o
the hrst Importance, especially to the neatra
powevs In the present war, and whicS shows the
activity, the shrewdness and the power Of Rus
,ian diplocsscy, and that great as she Ia st Sc.
vsstopol ana Cronstsdt, she is still ereatvr a,
| St. Petersburg and Vienna.
| When the war broke cut the neutral powevu
were naturally desirous Of drawing from the bel
hserepss declarsscn Of the principles which
were going to actuxte them in regard to making
seizures OF ,he high seas. The United States,
as tie principal of the neutral Powers, was then
looked TO-, as she still is by these Powers, 10
| take tSe lead. The United States declared her
principle of sssisn boldly and clearly, and
through her Ministers at the belfgerent Courts,
demanded similz- declaration. The doctrine
promulgated by the United States, that Che flag
should project the cargo, was adopted and
declared juss, in all lie length and breadth, By
not only the belligersnt powers, but by fhs
neutral powers also.
When the flying squadron Of Captain Watsou
was se1t to the Saltic some weeks sgo as the
advances guard &C the combined English and
French aect, making his way step BY step a.
the ice gave way, ne ann0ehced in the most
positive toae as be passed each neutral port that
the doctrine proclaimed last year was still to be
observed ard carried eat BY the Allied Powers.
and that all vessels noS carryina goods contra
band of war you'd be sacred under the flag Of
neutral pow.r. Relyirg on this promise Of
the Captain ct the Englich flying squadron, q
large number Of vessels NJ neutral nations.
which had beer-wintering in the Prussian ports
especially and ysere heavily laden with goods for
the opening of navigation, eft those ports and
started for their destination. A considerable
number of these vessels, in direct violation Of
the doctrine snnouaced by the Allies and reiter-
ated By Captain Watson have been seized By
the squadron which followed Capt. Watson. and
eonfseat.d-the Only pretext iuthe case being
that the goods seized were the products Of Rus
sa; but they were MT contraband in the sense
understood by the neutral Powers and acknowl-
edged by the belligercats during the discussions
on this subbe last Summer.
Russia, wide awake to every shanee Of en-
gsging the sympathies and working upon tho
feelings of the neutral Powefs, has seized upon
this palpable violation of, an acknowledged doc
trne as the occasion for one Of those cunning.
effective man ifestoes which are so oharacteris-
tic of the pen Of Re vieuS Chancellor of Russia
This circular, addressed to all the Russian dip
lOmatic Agents in Europe, sets forth in clear
terms the neutral doctrine claimed by the non
belligerent and acknowledged by the beligerent
Powers, gives a detailed account Of the viola
tions Of this doctrine which have just been COM
mitted on the Baltic. and then, after stigma
tizin2 this conduct as bold outrage, and az .
gross violation of good faith, appeals to thu
sympathy of the neutral Powers, and hints indi-
rectly at the line of conduct which they ought
10 follow.
Count Nesselrode, in addressing this circa
lar to the Russian Minister ab Brussels, who.
as you know, acts for France as far as he caa.
inclosed a duplicate copy which he directed the
Minister to transmit to the American Minister
in Paris, through tho medium Of the American
Minister at Brussels, with the request that Mr..
Mas on should give such attention to the sub
ect and m axe such recommendations TO his Govern
meat as he might see 6t Without doubt the
Russian Minister at Washington is directed to
communicate with the American Government
on the same subject; but the cunning Primo
Minister Of Russia, knowing that Mr.. Mason
was one Of the first to take steps at the break
ing out Of the war to secure the declaration in
favor Of the neutral doctrine that Of all the
American Ministers in Europe he had been the
leading and most active in sustaining and en-
forcing that doctrine, he was DESTROYS Of giving
additional force to the effect of his circular, by
procuring from Mr.. Mason some kind Of in
dorsement, some hind of recommendation to
the Cabinet at Washington, which would carry
with it and produce the desired moral effect.
In this desire Count Nesselrode has been sue
cessful. Our Minister has prepared, aud will
send to-day to Washington by the same mail
which carries this letter, dispatch on the sub
iect, and in answer to the call of the Russian
Minister. Before placing it in the mail he will
read il to Count Walewski, French Minister Of
Foreign Affairs do not know the contents or
the tone of this dispatch.
Another little difficulty has just occurred to
widen the breach Of good feeling which exists
between the United States and France. A jour
nal at Basic in Switzerland has made itself noto-
rious recently, and called upon it the attention
and the wrath Of the French authorities by the
violence of its attacks on the Emperor ofFrance.
The American Consul at Basic is charged By tho
French authorities with having contributed
money to this journal to isstigate these attacks
.., taa Emoaror and tba Hrareh (,overn naeut